Every year I try to make adjustments and learn.

I love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.

You play for the team, you don't play for the fans.

I know what my job is. I know what I've got to do. I've got to keep getting better.

My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.

My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.

I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans.

People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.

I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just...frustrating.

I want to be more consistent. I wanna get hits. I wanna get my average back up where people think I can hit.

A new baby is the beginning of a new universe—his own unique universe.

The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.

I think the most profound beauty is found in what our hearts love.

Diesel had gotten his nickname because he was built like a Mack truck. .... He stood six feet, six inches tall and his muscles had muscles.

If you find someone who makes you feel like you're complete, you need to fight for them.

The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness!

Live while you live, then die and be done with.

Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.

Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.