Just trying to keep everything in check, you know, it gives me a lot of respect for closers. You're doing that 75 times a year, so that's pretty impressive.

I'll never take for granted the opportunity to put on a Dodger uniform.

Because we call ourselves Christians, our actions need to reflect Christ.

At the end of the day, if we don't win that game, we're going home, anyway, so what does it matter. I just wanted to be available, and it ended up to the point where I could help out tonight.

I've got an air mattress for a bed...really living the high life.

You know the only thing for me, obviously the routine was completely different, but I had plenty of time getting loose. I threw enough pitches, took my time. Tried to time it out as best I could.

It's a weird feeling more than anything. You kind of have to swallow your pride a little bit, realize we won the game, be excited about it. We get to go back to D.C.

I was just kind of doing the math.

Carlos Ruiz has been there, done that. I've seen it firsthand. He's gotten huge hits off me before in the post-season. He's been there. He's calm. He's confident back there.

It isn't about love, " Vee said. "It's about fun.

Maybe the only good thing about death is that you never have to relive it. You never have to remember the pain.

Remember, pain and misery are transient and ephemeral but love has the healing power, which is eternal.

It would be foolish to describe the logistics hub as merely ugly, for it has the horrifying, soulless, immaculate beauty characteristic of many of the workplaces of the modern world.

You must also realize that the stuff of excellence-truth, real scientific truth-can be elusive... It is too often covered by the heavy fog of fear and hidden by the darkness of your detractors.

Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk." "It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?

You don't have to be anybody... because I would know, being somebody doesn't make you anybody anyway.

I never doubted at all. If you ever doubt then you are in trouble. I never thought: 'I should do this or that in case I don't make it.' I never had a back-up plan.

I want to be completely honest, I have to say that I love the intimacy of the camera.

I always have the feeling that I'm sitting around not doing anything with my life. A little Calvinist guilt that I should be more productive.