I'm not impulsive at all - except about buying clothes. That's my biggest weakness.

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.

May God us keepFrom Single vision and Newton's sleep.

...winter crescent resting in the high pine bough - you fly through the woods like a lone snow bird...

I've always said: if we ignore the issues that people want us to talk about, then you will have movements outside of the establishment political parties grow.

The guy who finally pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is not patting himself on the back. He's giving as much credit to his teammates who got him to that position.

I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears.

I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask.

People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am.

For at the center of all spiritual traditions is the beacon of a truly radical proposal: Open your heart to everybody. Everybody.

And so there is magic.

Absence of proof isn't proof of absence.