Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.

I take positives out of negatives all the time.

I take great pride in going out there and playing through pain.

Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.

As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

I just want to taste what it's like to win in New York

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.

When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.

I don't care how much I'm talked about or hyped. It's still up to me to go out and perform.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.

The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)

Education is a human right with immense power to transform

Never play anything the same way twice.

There are two kinds: one takes the music too fast, and the other too slow. There is no third!

I often think of a poem as a door that opens into a room where I want to go.

There's so much going on. I almost never have a moment.

Of the twenty-four hours a day, Use six for earning and spending, six for contemplation of God, six of sleep and six for service to others.