When I was playing, my wife and kids would go on the road with me, and we would go to different lunch spots that we saw on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."

I play to lift a city, and raise a banner.

Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.

You don't need to have a perfect ending to be happy.

Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career.

Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.

If there's a man on second, I'm trying to get him in with a base hit. The doubles and homers will come. Sooner or later they'll go out naturally. I'm just trying not to do too much.

Miguel and Justin, the two biggest guys on the team, welcomed me right away and once the cool kids in school like you, it's easy to get along.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.

I have nothing left to prove. I've already done enough to my neck.

I'm still working out. It keeps me feeling good about things.

What matters is what we make of our existence.

Many people live with a tormentor in their head that continuously attacks and punishes them and drains them of vital energy. It is the cause of untold misery and unhappiness, as well as of disease.

Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

When a woman weeps, it is a man's shame.

Determine to live life with flair and laughter.

Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.

Lady, you are the cruel'st she alive If you will lead these graces to the grave And leave the world no copy.

What I see increasingly is that companies are playing political roles. We should actually have our research and our laws map that.