The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery.

I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.

If they want me I'd love to come back. I'm not going to play because I can, I'm going to play because I deserve it.

I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound.

I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back.

I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.

The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery.

I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.

I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.

I know I don't throw very hard anymore, but I'd like to think I can still hurt a guy who's not looking.

I only know one way to pitch. I really do.

I take golf trips with my brother or with friends. We usually go to Pebble or Bandon Dunes. One year we went to Hawaii.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.

If I knew what makes a movie catch on then I'd make hit after hit.

I'm an actor; I'm vain - you want to look good.

I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence - has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day.

Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance.

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

I don't want anyone seeing me naked.

There are still plenty of fighting forces inside of Syria who want to see Assad go. We should have been helping them from the very beginning.

I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.

Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they're completely in love with me.

Don't take things too seriously, and just chill.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco pipes of those who diffuse it it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.

Of course, in India, I always said, 'Oh yes, I'm married.'

I have always maintained a strong opposition to marriage because I would have to be in serious denial to pretend I wasn't born with a personality for divorce. Whatever the opposite of amicable is, that's how my breakups tend to play out.

Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.

I totally support women working on their relationships, their careers, or whatever they need to do to be healthy moms, but it's also important to realize you may not have as much time as you think.

Instead of being focused on teaching what we already know, we now have to be focused on creating new knowledge that is China-based, because it's absolutely clear that China is going to shift from a production economy to a knowledge economy.

Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself – exactly oneself and no one else.

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.

God has no intention of setting a limit to the efforts of man to conquer space.