I wouldn't play in Minnesota unless my career was at an end and I had to go to Minnesota to play the game.

I want to hit the ball and I want to get at-bats. The results really dont matter to me.

When I see that little white ball go up, I want to catch it, no matter what. If I have to knock myself silly doing it, so be it.

I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once special coach Tony Oliva and former Twins coach Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function.

People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors.

Spring training is for getting to know your teammates and forming a chemistry. I dont like it.

With faith, I know that everything will be taken care of. Even the difficult times become learning experiences to help make my faith stronger.

I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on.

When I rely on my faith, I know God wants to reward and bless me but not because of some great act that I did but because of who He is.

Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.

My faith is what makes me strong. Without faith, there are only low times.

There is nothing to fear. Nothing to worry about. Grieve nothing in this transitory world, " he says softly.

For everyone knows that a girl cannot live on chicken cordon blue alone.

The phone rang. Softly, in actuality, yet it seemed loud and ominous, as phones do at night in dark hotel rooms.

Right action is the key to good living.

To transform experience and thought into language and narrative - that is beautiful even if that beauty is in brokenness.

I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'

I want to date someone who likes who I am as a person and not what I do for a living.

The professional permanent staff that lies right beneath them will still be in place, making everything work until the [Donald] Trump appointees start populating the offices on top of them.

One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community.

One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.