You don't come up expecting to be a fan favorite. When I was a rookie, I was just trying to make a name for myself, but people already knew who I was and already had expectations for me.

I'm focused on myself and on what I've got to do...I'm just trying to get back on track and keep this positive mindset.

I'm going to go to my house and drink a little bit. Can I say that? I guess I can.

People out there said I was too small. It's those kinds of moments that pushed me to be where I'm at right now.

My father-he pretty much taught me everything I know. He still pushes me to be the best I can.

I'm close to six feet, I like to think.

The more torque I can come up with, the better.

I've learned a lot about being in the public eye. I'm certainly handling things more maturely now, I'm not getting as scared as easily.

Since baseball is my favorite sport, it's easy to go out and do what I do.

I will send a fastball into the cyber hole.

Nobody wants to lose. But I don't care what my win-loss record is. At the end of the day, I don't look at it.

Hardship is the hardest moment to soften the soul.

Train your Children with Patience, Correct them in Love, Don't Discipline them out of hatred

When you think about new-born babies being killed in our own lifetime, ' he said, 'all the efforts of culture seem worthless. What have people learned from all our Goethes and Bachs? To kill babies?

Don't waste your life by living in another person's shoes

To be healthy in modern society, you must adopt the behaviors of an astronaut!

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.

You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.