When I'm doing well, it's like I'm in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It's very peaceful.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too "cool" or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we'll always be connected in people's minds.

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

I just write mechanical things.

Do you know how wizards like to be buried?""Yes!""Well, how?"Granny Weatherwax paused at the bottom of the stairs."Reluctantly.

Why can't life always be lived under the stars, ' she said, 'with great music and family and friends?

Pain helps the body grow.Riddles help the mind grow.Loss helps the heart grow.Temptations help the soul grow.

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

Our task is to widen our circle of compassion to include all living beings and all of nature

Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parent. It may assent to them, but it brings them out in the open.

Lord, we claim your strength to serve you, no matter what our circumstances may be. Amen.

I have always been a dark writer.

And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea. But for now we are young; let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see.

The psych up comes from knowing what I can both give and get from each role. I get a lot personally from each character I play that I am able to carry over into my everyday life.