When we get in late and the only thing open is fast food, it can be tough to maintain a healthy diet.

I just keep thinking about putting up good numbers, playing hard and winning games.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.

The first couple of years in the minors were tough for me. My numbers were there, but being away from home so young was tough.

I always dreamed of making it in baseball, but life has moved pretty quickly for me.

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

I was always told that if people don't want a picture with you, or they don't want an autograph from you, that doesn't mean you're not doing anything good.

As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.

As I get older every year, I'm eating better. As a kid, who can turn down chips and candy? But I'm getting better.

No curfew. I live in the basement. I got everything I need. Home cooking ... it's awesome.

Duty was not untinged by ambition.

As people get more desperate, history suggests that they're not going to rise in a mighty proletarian tidal wave and wash away their oppressors. They're gonna turn on each other.

Justice is possible without equality, I believe, because of compassion and understanding. If I have compassion, then if I have more than you, which is unequal, I will still do the just thing by you.

Every relationship is an experiment and what one learns from it is so fascinating.

If there's no one in your life to love right now, love yourself. A large part of the path of love is learning to love yourself.

The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.

I'm a human rights activist and it doesn't make any sense not to treat everybody the exact same way. It just doesn't make any sense, it's counter intuitive, it's inhuman and it has to stop.

I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive.

True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.

People who are unwilling to make mistakes or have made mistakes and have not yet learned from them are those who wake up each morning and continue to make the same mistakes