I want to build a positive image that will last my career.

I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.

Be respectful. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Respect the lowest rank and the highest rank and you'll never get in trouble.

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.

I want to be known as Dominican-that's what I am, 100 percent ... I have a duty and responsibility to continue the legacy of Dominicans in baseball.

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.

You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

Some things are meant to be and if it was, you will know it.

I married beneath me. All women do.

The rights of man are poor things beside the eyes of hungry children. Their hurts are keener than the soreness of injustice.

Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.

What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.

Not to know what things in life require remedying is a crime... It leaves you at the mercy of events - it lets life manipulate you - instead of training you to manipulate life.

I gave my hero a talent I'd love to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?

Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.

Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.

Over the past six years I've had many difficulties. But I never lost my passion.

By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain.