I'm not cocky. But I'm very confident.

As you get older, it gets harder to get rid of that belly but I do a lot of cardio to try to stay in shape.

I always try to overachieve. I feel I have something to prove every day.

The Big Hurt describes me perfectly-not as a person, but as a player. It's what I do to a baseball.

I take a lot of pitches. Some guys hate to do that.

Observe Everything. Communicate Well. Draw, Draw, Draw.

I always took my workouts serious because I have a football background. I came from football, so when I got to baseball, I continued my football workouts in the offseason.

I just don't feel like I'm old. I still feel like I've got a lot of years, a lot to give in this game, and I'm able to do it because I love to work.

My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can.

As you get old, you live and learn.

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

I grew up sort of middle class, safe and suburban.

Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion.

I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.

I write and film history; I don't make it.

I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.

First thing I do when I get up is journal, meditate, read.

work is elevated by our daily environment into something that is appropriately done everywhere and at every conceivable moment.

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.