You probably don't call home and say, 'Hi, mom. I am facing Pete Schourek tonight.' Names and stats don't do it. You have to do it out on the field.

I'm a fastball hitter. It's no secret I'm looking for a fastball every pitch. I think it's one of the hardest things to do in sports-to hit a moving baseball.

I love what I do on the field and that takes a lot of my time. But I also make time to help other people because a lot are not as fortunate as I am.

If you hit, they're going to like you. If you don't hit, they're not going to like you.

I'm blessed with health and energy and passion for the game of baseball, and also to help children.

You've got to be smart to stay in this game. The quicker you learn, the quicker you succeed. You can't make the same mistakes over and over again.

I'm a simple guy. There's nothing fancy about my life.

I'm a baseball player, I'm not a political activist.

Work is not a drag for me. I like to get here early, hang out, catch up with the boys. I'll go in the cage and hit, do my exercises. I try to keep it fun and find ways to enjoy it.

You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

The greatest evil in our country today is...ignorance...We need to be taught to study rather than to believe.

It doesn't matter what it looks like; it matters what it feels like.

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?

Death is the vast perhaps.

Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums.

We are a nation equally afraid of gathering together and being alone.

A gun is a necessity. Who knows if you're walking down a street and you spot a moose?

I sit before flowers 
hoping they will train me in the art 
of opening up