I don't want to speak to two empty chairs.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

If someone met me on a game day, he wouldn't like me. The days in between, I'm the goodest guy you can find.

My only day off is the day I pitch.

My only day off is the day I pitch (in regards to how hard he works out during off-days).

Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation.

I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You have to will it.

When I get too much rest, I'm usually erotic.

I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.

Andy Pettitte is my friend...I think he misremembers.

If you're going to cook a fresh chicken, it's not a big concern. But if you're going to ship a chicken, there's a change in structure.

Entrepreneur, don't just read history, write it so people can see the future in the present.

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

Howard's unbelievably nutty, politically incorrect style is probably the single biggest influence on me.

life is a tragic mystery. We are pierced and driven by laws we only half understand, we find that the lesson we learn again and again is that of accepting heroic helplessness.

Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

Morals aren't just for when it's easy, Anita. They aren't morals if you throw them aside every time it's convenient.

How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?

Make a difference no matter what role you play

The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him.