I like to be against the odds.

I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.

I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.

I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.

I don't know what my future is.

I like to be against the odds.

I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.

Baseball is just my job.

Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

My career is an open book, but my life is not.

I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.

I don't want to be a Major League coach.

It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.

I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.

Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.

Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.

I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.

Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.

Any great, long career has at least one flameout in it.

Blood is just red sweat.

Love is the bridge between two hearts.

Maybe the wolf was in love with the moon and each month they cried out for a love it would never touch.

This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.

Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

At no point was I like, 'Man, I gotta write me a part where people are going to take me seriously'.

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying.

To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.

I think Britain can be one of the great success stories of the 21st century - we've got the talent, the drive, the connections around the world. But if we vote to Leave, then we lose control. We lose control of our economy, and if you lose control of your economy you lose control of everything. That's not a price worth paying.

You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.

Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise.

Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the familys financial well being women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care.

Science is the one culture that's truly global - protons, proteins and Pythagoras's Theorem are the same from China to Peru. It should transcend all barriers of nationality. It should straddle all faiths, too.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

If we want to improve American food and make it much cheaper, we should deregulate the food trucks and the other street vendors, provided they meet certain sanitation standards. Many cities have already moved down this path, and people are not keeling over with salmonella.

Clearly in my mind, I have two distinct positions - owner and manager. So I am open to reviewing my performance as a manager as any other person in Sun Pharma.

When you use Facebook, you're always logged in, and your identity and relationships - to others, to content, to apps and services - are assets Facebook can use to customize your experience (oh, and your ads).

None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did.