Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn't born until 1961, and I grew up in Indiana.

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.

If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.

His reputation preceded him before he got here.

You never know who’s watching.

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.

Baseball's still a game. I don't want it to be work. I want it to be a game.

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now.

I like being close to the bats.

I can't concern myself with what's going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that's when you get yourself in trouble.

In the end, the body betrayed everyone.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.

I try and stay out of the sun for the most part. I wear a hat. I play golf. And I wear a hat. But I've had no problem - no major problem - but certainly no problem with skin.

It's funny how people want to sometimes think that Young and Beautiful film is about all adolescents, but it's just the case of one girl. It doesn't mean all the adolescents are like that, of course.

There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.

Education and knowledge are the power of the minorities in this country

All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.

I don't believe in waiting for great feelings. I need to wire myself for positivity and gratitude. I need to build a highway to those.