We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.
You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.
Every day there is something new you are working on. It is a challenge every day and that is what makes this game so great.
I will respect the limits of my experience but that won't stop me from trying to lead by example of my work. Being a good teammate and picking them up on and off the field is a simple goal of mine.
I believe that everything you work at and want in life is a great challenge.
One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good.
I don't believe a player is ever a finished product.
Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison.
I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.
The past is perpetual youth to the heart.
I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.