Balsamic vinaigrette, Tabasco, and giblets. Then let it boil.

I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.

Be respectful. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Respect the lowest rank and the highest rank and you'll never get in trouble.

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.

I want to be known as Dominican-that's what I am, 100 percent ... I have a duty and responsibility to continue the legacy of Dominicans in baseball.

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.

You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

Some things are meant to be and if it was, you will know it.

Sweetheart, I’m telling you, you love someone like that, you love them the right way, and no time would be enough. Doesn’t matter if you had thirty years, ” she tells me. “It wouldn’t be enough.

For the record…” I took her hand and held it up. “These are the only hands I want on me.

when you conspire with your inspirations, you have a lead to success

Sometimes life decides that we must also take care of ourselves in other ways and love, the way we perceive it, must reflect only upon us.

Xav!Got you. Not letting you go.I realised I wasn't alone in mental deep space

The woman of her dreams went into her arms without shame or awkwardness as the boldness of Love overcame them both.

To have a firm persuasion in our work - to feel that what we do is right for ourselves and good for the world at exactly the same time - is one of the great triumphs of human existence.

love means breaking all the rules

One step at a time is enough for me. Impatience is simply a way of beating yourself up.

There's a saying that you can't awaken somebody who's pretending to be asleep.