We have a responsibility not just as atheletes, but as members of society to treat people well. To do things the right way.

I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.

Be respectful. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Respect the lowest rank and the highest rank and you'll never get in trouble.

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.

I want to be known as Dominican-that's what I am, 100 percent ... I have a duty and responsibility to continue the legacy of Dominicans in baseball.

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.

You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

Some things are meant to be and if it was, you will know it.

The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples...

Belief is a shelter, a prison for a curious mind.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

Modern architecture only becomes modern with its engagement with the media.

Read, but not to remember everything. Read because that 1% that you remember has the potential to change your life.

France is a very paternalistic society where people have to be introduced.

It shouldn't hurt to be a child.

I just stand there like a doofus wondering just what in the effing blazes is going on.

[I enjoy] working with yeast, tempering chocolate and figuring out why an end product is successful or not.

You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.