[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.

I'm me on the mound. I like to show my emotion, be real aggressive and give everything I've got for one half inning. I don't have to act. What you see on the mound is what I am in real life.

It's the best feeling in the world . The game's on the line, and you're the guy in the spotlight.

I have good days and bad days, but they aren't much different.

I like it when every pitch counts. There are a lot of people who see it as a negative, but I try to feed off it.

I don't think about delivery. I don't think about mechanics. I just think about throwing hard.

One thing about this game: It's really frustrating. In hockey, if you team's losing, you can start a fight. You can get your frustrations out.

You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm trying to do every single time I'm on the mound.

You have to be out there and have a mound presence. You have to be real aggressive and be real confident. You have to put the hitters on defense.

A life which has never been laid open in penitence and faith before God has little permanence in eternity.

The writer’s life is a sacred wonder.

What nourishes me also destroys me.

As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him.

willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the backs of the dead.

When you get seen in one particular way, it can be paralyzing. You start to believe it's all you can do.

The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.

And like an unfaithful mate, once a car has let you down you never sort of trust it again.

To both of them I insist: STOP INCITING HATE BEFORE YOU GET PEOPLE KILLED!!!!!

I think so many times we feel like we're lacking something in our lives and we try to fill it with the wrong things. Sometimes it's drugs, sometimes it's a relationship you shouldn't be in.