I've always said, "You make a lot of money in Major League Baseball, and it's all guaranteed, so what do you have to lose by going all out?" .

I play to lift a city, and raise a banner.

When I was playing, my wife and kids would go on the road with me, and we would go to different lunch spots that we saw on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."

Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.

You don't need to have a perfect ending to be happy.

Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career.

Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.

If there's a man on second, I'm trying to get him in with a base hit. The doubles and homers will come. Sooner or later they'll go out naturally. I'm just trying not to do too much.

Miguel and Justin, the two biggest guys on the team, welcomed me right away and once the cool kids in school like you, it's easy to get along.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.

I have nothing left to prove. I've already done enough to my neck.

Find your safe space. Approach it with grace. Listen to your body. And give yourself the permission to feel overwhelmed. You've weathered harsher storms. And the blue skies? They're on their way.

I am a new universe beginning to expand.

There will be something very wrong with any place we go.

I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also.

I certainly don't think Donald Trump suggesting violence in any way.

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone!

First there was just my home. Now I have to deal with the whole world.

The transition into adulthood is so exciting and remarkable to witness as parent.

his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies