I'm definitely not the most graceful person out there. I've always been taught to play hard. I don't know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it's not that natural.

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'

I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

I don't really like the spotlight.

You're going to bat so many times during a season and it's not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that.

It's pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don't play well, we'll know what our picture is.

I didn't go up to the plate thinking, 'OK, my goal now is to get a hit'-I tried not to think about [the streak].

If you listen to music every day, you will be happy.

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.

Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

Every two days now we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003.

At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.

In the heraldry of heaven goodness precedes greatness; so on earth it is more powerful. The lowly and the lovely may frequently do more in their own limited sphere than the gifted.

What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.