I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too "cool" or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we'll always be connected in people's minds.

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

I just write mechanical things.

But for better or worse, I am not motivated by kindness.

Do me a favour and go out and perform one of the activities I hear the youth enjoy this Friday, like defacing public property.

Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.

A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.

Really, throughout my career, what I've done is taken teams with bad records and with every situation I've made them better.

I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.

There is no humor in heaven.

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.

One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.

Sometimes, to relieve stress, he would soak his feet in the toilet, a practice that was not as soothing for his collegues.