Jesus said Communion first, community comes out of that, and out of community, ministry.
Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.
I think everything comes together. I think it's me being more comfortable with what I am trying to do in terms of how I pitch, in using the curveball and stuff like that. It all brings the package together.
It gives me a sense of tunnel vision.
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
There is no second baseman in the game who can turn the double play better [than Mark Lemke]. Why are people always looking for offense at that position? What's more important is getting outs, and turning the double is a huge factor in getting outs.
In a hockey fight, barring the occasional brawl, theres actually some etiquette that goes into it. Honor, too, absolutely. Most of those guys that do it, thats their job, and they follow a certain code of conduct in doing it.
I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
A lot of the bunkering is designed more to save you than it is to penalize you.
When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.