North Dakota is a great state. Everybody is real supportive up there. I couldn't ask for a better place to call home.

I hated farm work. I always got stuck with the jobs my father and brother didn't want to do.

When you get to the big leagues, you need to take potential and turn it into performance. You want to be the guy who got the most out of his ability, not the guy who never fulfilled his potential.

I read a lot of Socrates in the off-season. Don't print that, or it'll ruin my rep.

It's nice when you put in a lot of hard work and you're recognized and a few people appreciate what you've done.

It's so much easier when you've got guys on base and the whole offense is clicking.

I'm not one for a lot of media attention.

If you work hard, good things will happen. I will never be in a situation where if I fail I can look back and say, 'If I'd only worked harder.'

I'm not really satisfied. I've done all right, but there's room for improvement.

If I'm asked to play first, I should be ready. It's nice to be in the lineup, regardless of where you're at.

I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter.

The Smile of a Child enlarge the universe (D'un enfant le sourire - Agrandit l'univers)

If you’re not angry, then you’re just stupid, you don’t care. How else can you react when something’s so unfair?

Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.

All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

She said she was working for the ABC news, it was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use.

I am a self-proclaimed "fitness addict," so I am one of those people who actually really, really enjoys working out.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.

Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody.

The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.