What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen.

I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time.

You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. Well, there could be a lot of busy ambulances tomorrow.

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.

I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see that we're having a lot of fun.

New York came after me aggressively and that's what sealed the deal.

At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have.

But I dig myself, and especially if my wife digs me, I dig myself more.

I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game.

I feel like I've been a Yankee my whole life.

I just go out and play.

I know who I am. And I know I'm a good person.

I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.

People have the right to say what they want, but as long as I can go to bed at night and look myself in the mirror, I'll be all right.

There's not too many teams that can succeed on and off the field together.

I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist.

I can handle coming fifth as long as I know I've given my all out there and have no regrets.

My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films.

Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur an ability to fail an ability to have ideas to sell those ideas to execute on those ideas and to be persistent so even as you fail you learn and move onto the next adventure.

I have to have eight hours a night. I feel that everything falls apart if you don't sleep. If I spend four hours memorizing dialogue but don't sleep, then the next day I will not be able to stand in front of the camera and say my lines. For me, sleep is the number one thing.

I don't have one favourite band. I like everything.

'The Girls' tells the story of Rose and Ruby Darlen, who are not only literally but spiritually attached for eternity. Born joined at the head in 1974 to a feckless teenage mother who abandons them, and reared by a delightfully open-minded adoptive couple, the Darlen girls are darling girls, indeed.

No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way are revealed to me the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain, I would be helpless. Only alone can I draw close enough to God to discover His secrets.

Richard Burton is one of my heroes.

You are totally wet because you are dancing in the rain.

I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.

Katy Perry is the sexiest woman I've ever kissed. It was amazing and very purple - she had purple lipstick on. I don't think there will ever be anything cooler than kissing her... until I marry her maybe!

So many people will tell you "no", and you need to find something you believe in so hard that you just smile and tell them "watch me".

I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music - no matter if it's hip-hop, pop, R&B or whether it's rock n' roll or country. It could be a Garth Brooks song, and if it's a smash, then I'll love the different wordplay and different melodies. That's what I'm a fan of - great music.

Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor.

The first impression of a work of art is its otherness from reality.

A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.

Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

If you look at history, and if you look at all these different things that have threatened the movie industry - from Betamax tape to DVDs to the Internet - in the end, it has always turned out right, because ultimately people want to see that stuff.

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.

Being a runner means you are now 'free' to win and lose and live life to its fullest.

I am worthy of great things in my life.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

I loved my childhood. They had the coolest toys back then. Star Wars, Transformers, laser-tag gun sets. Toy companies have really gone downhill.