I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

If someone met me on a game day, he wouldn't like me. The days in between, I'm the goodest guy you can find.

My only day off is the day I pitch.

My only day off is the day I pitch (in regards to how hard he works out during off-days).

Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation.

I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You have to will it.

When I get too much rest, I'm usually erotic.

I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.

Andy Pettitte is my friend...I think he misremembers.

If you're going to cook a fresh chicken, it's not a big concern. But if you're going to ship a chicken, there's a change in structure.

Fiction becomes visual by becoming verbal

A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

People lose their pleasures because they "don't care". Others misuse their treasures because they "care less". If you'll win, you must care!

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals.

Consciousness of a fact is not knowing it: if it were, the fish would know more of the sea than the geographers and the naturalists.

Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.

If your feet are firmly planted on the grount you'll never be able to dance.

Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.

Teddy, Vern, Chris: I don't shut up. I grow up. And when I look at you, I throw up. Aghhh! Gordie: And then your mom goes around the corner and she licks it up.