You've got to set high standards for yourself.

I've heard about my size all my life. It makes you work that much harder. It's gratifying to prove them wrong.

When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.

You can't listen to what people say about you. If you do, you're never going to get anywhere in life.

I've had to work for everything I have, and I'm not going to stop. The minute I feel I've made it, I'm done.

I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can get into a fielding funk just as quick as you can hitting.

All I know is that when I come to the ballpark I'm going to be on time and give 100 percent. I know that I have to do that to keep my job.

What's there to be nervous about? You just go out and play the game.

I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.

Pressure is only what you make of it and what you put on yourself.

I like to have fun, and the only way to have fun is to win.

There is no set moment in your life that will define you. Every moment is a chance to change your life for better or worse. Choose to change now.

One must plan for the future and anticipate the future without fearing the future.

I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

I genuinely enjoy the process of making colourful, delicious food. But I do allow myself an occasional piece of chocolate - today I had a pastry. If I fancy something, I'll have it.

I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.

. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind.

Speak of a wolf and you see his tail!

People who know Clinton knew the guy has a real problem keeping his hands off women.

I don't like dating or just living with a woman. I like to create a relationship, a marriage. And almost all of my marriages have involved children, so I'm really a family man as well.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.