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

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.

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.'

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

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.

the world is not perfect, you need to find a place that is perfect for you

Live your life so you don´t have to have any regrets when you throw your 70 year old birthday party

If you're comfortable in your own skin, you will feel beautiful - and look beautiful to others, too.

Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.

Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

The actors I looked up to when I was a teenager, they all just disappeared into different characters.

If I ever feel like I’m doing something I’ve done before, I scrap it and start over again.

I really felt neurotic - it was a neurotic reason - but I had to teach very, very well. That sucked up a lot of oxygen from my time and my creative thinking.

I've never had to deal with ageism - so far - in my career; I have been able to navigate my career and getting older and the roles and opportunities that have come to me.