My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation - and it's called October.

See the ball; hit the ball.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.

Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place.

Not only does love bring joy and happiness, it also means very different things to people.

So much is lost, he said, in the shipwreck. What remains are fragments, and if you don't hold on to them the sea will take them too.

It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to.

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

[John F.Kennedy] liked fresh company, new people to come visit and then leave. ... I think he liked the protection of numbers too.

It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.

Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it.

Extreme Makeover... they help people that are uncomfortable in their own skin. They really change lives.