I'm not really satisfied. I've done all right, but there's room for improvement.

I hated farm work. I always got stuck with the jobs my father and brother didn't want to do.

North Dakota is a great state. Everybody is real supportive up there. I couldn't ask for a better place to call home.

When you get to the big leagues, you need to take potential and turn it into performance. You want to be the guy who got the most out of his ability, not the guy who never fulfilled his potential.

I read a lot of Socrates in the off-season. Don't print that, or it'll ruin my rep.

It's nice when you put in a lot of hard work and you're recognized and a few people appreciate what you've done.

It's so much easier when you've got guys on base and the whole offense is clicking.

I'm not one for a lot of media attention.

If you work hard, good things will happen. I will never be in a situation where if I fail I can look back and say, 'If I'd only worked harder.'

If I'm asked to play first, I should be ready. It's nice to be in the lineup, regardless of where you're at.

I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter.

Computers are like Old Testament gods

Tomorrow is promised to no one so live your life fully everyday.

The establishment of the kingdom of God is forever

You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.

I'm the number-one fan of gangster movies.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

I write titles of songs a lot. sometimes I'll end up writing a song that I don't have a title for and I'll say, 'Oh, this goes with that title.

Solitude is the playfield of Satan.