I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to think I look the same size.

If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying.

I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.

Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.

August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.

I want to be the first player to show what Japanese batters can do in the major league.

If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

You should seek approval from yourself.

I had a dream. And I made that dream come true.

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

Silence is what causes most of humanity's problems

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

The fact is that Americans were sent to Russia that have not been returned.

New Yorkers are inclined to assume it will never rain, and certainly not on New Yorkers.

When you have the enthusiasm and the passion, you end up figuring how to excel.

And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.

I could eat black walnut all the time, it's not a flavor of the week!

I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids.

I really forget that I have no arms or legs sometimes.

It doesn't take much to say please or thank you.