I do my best hitting when I'm walking. That means I'm relaxed and my pitch recognition is a lot better.

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.

You like him, Rose. Why don't you just admit that, at least to me?

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

The World Wide Web went from zero to millions of web pages in a few years. Many revolutions look irrelevant just before they change everything swiftly.

There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

Placetne, magistra?" "Placet.

If you hope to be independent when there is money, you'll never reach it. On this world, humans can only safely have the knowledge, experience and ability

I like seeing how people have succeeded when others would have presumed they would have failed, and others just go along with whatever everyone else does.

If i'm going to survive, it won't be because i have a lion-skin cloak. I'm not Hercules.

I can remember that little thrill - that little shiver of excitement - when the Opry audience would encore a person because that person had touched them so.