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.

I've done a lot of special things in this game, and for none of that to be considered clutch, it's an injustice.

And, as always, I thank my family who are an amazing network of support.

It's not hard to create self-beliefs that produce a successful and happy life. The main job is to unlearn your limiting beliefs.

Pleasure can impact your happiness for better or worse, but it is not happiness.

Men will wrangle for religion write for it fight for it die for it anything but live for it.

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

My looks are changing obviously, so I fuss like any woman if I look tired or whatever, I put on weight and blah, blah. But some part of me is very relaxed with it all.

Once we admit that the public sector takes an immense amount of risk along the entire innovation chain, it becomes crucial to find ways to share both risks and rewards.

Living in an orgy of unrestrained consumption and economic growth accompanied by population expansion that ignores the carrying capacity of local environments will lead to disaster

It's good way to relax when I come home from the road. When you're out there on the tractor there's nobody to bother you.

To rulers religion, like almost everything else, is a tool of power.