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

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

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.

I've done a lot of special things in this game, and for none of that to be considered clutch, it's an injustice.

Strategy is about shaping the future.

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

My business doesn't keep me warm at night.

It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habbits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

So many bands write about the same s - . It gets real boring after a while.

Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.

When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".

Before philosophy can teach by Experience, the Philosophy has to be in readiness, the Experience must be gathered and intelligibly recorded.

Social Security is a tax.