Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

This is my best time of the year (spring training). Heck, once the season starts, I go to work.

Associate with those who help you believe in yourself.

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

Take time to thank everyone who has helped you along the way.

There are always different influences each season. It could be a person, it could be a piece of furniture; it depends on what I'm obsessing about.

I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.

No matter how little a man has he will find that he will always settle for less.

There is a terrible alienation in the ordinary man between what he is being told and what he secretly believes.

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

She who pays the undertaker calls the tune.

Never practice without a thought in mind.

The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

Every human being has the right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if he only takes the trouble.

I love Alexander Wang!