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 love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.

Every year I try to make adjustments and learn.

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

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

Don’t tell me you’re afraid of heights, ” she said, shimmying along the edge.“Not heights, ” he murmured. “Just falling.

He was the most beautiful boy I had ever seen in my life. But he really looked like a girl. She was the most beautiful boy I’d ever seen in my life.

That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them aside.""Or give them a chance to redeem themselves.

40 million Russians are convinced that I am a scoundrel, a thief, a criminal or a CIA agent, who deserves to be shot, hanged or drawn and quartered.

The teams in the Bay Area have created a culture of winning, but the Cubs and Metsneed to learn how to win.

Death is not soft-mouthed, vague-footed, nearby. It is in the hall.

I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather than an indecent one.

The most successful people on the planet have failed more than ordinary ones.

No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence.