When I was 14, and for the next four years, I was lifting and hauling 10-gallon milk cans full of milk. That will put muscles on you even if you're not trying.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.

Joe Mauer's the real deal. He is absolutely wonderful. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great human being. He's the kind of guy you'd like to see be your son.

It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.

It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players and that's what I tried to do.

How the hell can you play here?

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

Look for the seams (on a knuckleball) and then hit in-between them.

She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.

You become more animalistic when you don't know what's coming next - you have to be on guard, but at the same time you're also more receptive.

I'm really not that funny in real life. But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

A true Grandmaster is a person who starts the arts at a very young age and continues it until their body will no longer allows it. Then they still contribute mentally to the art.

Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it.

Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.

Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle.

A circumstance which has always appeared wonderful to me, is that such sublime discoveries should have been made by the sole assistance of a quadrant and a little arithmetic.