I couldn't believe I hit .342. I hit .333 one month in Triple-A. Otherwise, I hit .279 in the minor leagues. I'm proud of myself.

In this lineup, anywhere I hit, I don't care. I always go out there and swing the bat the same way.

You never stop learning. You learn something new every day.

I wish to improve my power, but not in a home run way.

2010 was my best season so far but I think I can get better at everything.

I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.

My dad is my hitting coach. When I need help, I go to him.

I want to hit line droves. I want to hit my doubles, my singles, get on base.

I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have all one wants.

I think more than anything, people just want to be understood.

I want to sound like Christopher Cross in another ten years, and be totally proud of it.

In a zero-sum game, the problem is entirely one of distribution, not at all one of production.

Forget startup companies. The next frontier is startup countries.

Your heart pilots you to a far better life than you could have ever dreamed of. That's how the heart works.

The law is like rope...useful, necessary, strong, but it can be bent and twisted into all kinds of shapes depending on the occasion.