When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature.

I constantly try to humble myself; if you don't, I'm sure the game is going to find a way to humble you.

There have been some ups and downs, but I'm happy that I've stayed fairly consistent.

I like to set realistic goals for myself, not outrageous ones.

I spent a lot of hours on the baseball field doing whatever I could do to get better.

I definitely think with a lot of hard work, I can be a better player than I was last year, and hopefully, continue to raise the bar every year.

Maybe I will always have to love the idea of love or a concept of God more than I can love a person.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do

I once visited a village of primitive people.At village, I felt time and life moved slower.

- How does it feel to have a daughter?- At times it's like holding a warm egg in my hand.

My sister and I truly are best friends.

Decades of scientific research has proven that carbon pollution is harmful to human health and causes global warming.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

The noble caste was in the beginning always the barbarian caste: their superiority lay, not in their physical strength, but primarily in their psychical - they were more complete human beings.

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Family life is a daily struggle to turn love into happiness.