What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.

I'm going to play my game and be who I am. I don't think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.

Winning depends on where you put your priorities. It's usually best to put them over the fence.

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

I'm too busy having fun to be mean and nasty.

People ask me, "What would you be doing without baseball?" I don't know... super-sizing fries?

I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

[M]y discovering my own identity doesn't mean that I work it out in isolation, but that I negotiate it through dialogue, partly overt, partly internal, with others.

Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

You are not special. There is no plan for you. Nothing happens for a reason. Just try not to die and shut up.

Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about.

I like the blues..... but I like aqua marine just as much.

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

Play with heart; Play with passion; Play within yourself; Have fun; Play like a champion.

The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.