You can either take it as a way to motivate yourself or be happy with what you've got.

Taking the GED and moving on to my dream of playing baseball was what I wanted to do, and my mom and dad supported me.

A good changeup is what I need to get to the next level.

Everybody's dream is to be in the big leagues, but only one in a million gets here.

I'm not a big city guy...there's too many people, there's too much traffic.

I prided myself on working as hard as I could, trying to overcome a learning diability.

I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming.

To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful.

I don't ever want to be an average fourth starter. I want to be the big guy.

I can't try to throw 110 miles per hour. I've got to pitch under control.

Now I know that I don't have to go after every batter with the hardest pitch I've got.

When the color goes out of your soul, you are left with an empty heart.

Don't let the muggles get you down.

Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.

If you really are superior, you don't go around saying you're superior - unless you're Jewish.

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.

I love funky shoes and hats. I'm into large-brimmed fedoras with big feathers in fun colors like purple and lime-yellow. I just think hats add pizzazz to your outfits.

Don Juan tries not to see the skeptical winks that greet his boasting.

I don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue.

Anytime you test for a TV show, you have that bit of squeamishness entering into it because they lock you in for a number years.