I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.

I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.

I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I'm getting old every year, and eventually they're going to be right. There's nobody in this game that's doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career.

When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough.

I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it.

The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.

I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?

I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

I would think flying would be pretty cool. You would be able to fly away from all your enemies and get where you're going much faster. But being invisible? You probably wouldn't use that for the good of man.

It's hard to mix with a crowd when you're walking down the hallway and everybody else is a foot shorter. I remember hanging out with my friends, like at the mall, and thinking people were staring at me and talking about me. It made me turn inside myself. I became more shy and quiet.

People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at what you do and how long you've done it. And what is success in your eyes? Have you separated yourself from everyone else in that craft? Or have you settled amongst the pack?

Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

Were at the crossroads where we need to win to stay alive.

You cant change everything in one night but one night can change everything.

Social media provides an avenue to build relationships with media outlets and have an ongoing relationship with reporters.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.

Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it.

It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.

Everyone says Toyota is the best company in the world, but the customer doesn't care about the world. They care if we are the best in town, or not. That's what I want to be.

Success action is cumulative in its results.

Perhaps life is actually more confusing and unknowable to an adult than a child, but grown-ups have learned to deceive themselves and act as if they understand what's going on; and some are elected to high office on the basis of their ability to create this impression.

My sorority sister told me that only trees were supposed to be shady. Apparently not everybody got the message.

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

One of my biggest fears - maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian - is that I have a hard time going up to a stranger and talking to them about Jesus.

Incidentally, one of the most worrying problems in the impact of Western modernity on traditional culture is that it quite rapidly communicates its own indifference or anxiety or even hostility about age and ageing.

It's no treat being in bed with me.

If I don't get along with Democrats, I'm sort of, like, out of business.

Someone died today. Someone was born today. It's not just a day "it's a moment.

I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.

I wasn't born, I was ordered from room service.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!

Making dance music was one of the best things I did in my life. I traveled the world; I met the most amazing fans. I got a lot of respect from doing it.

Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

I just always dreamed of racing cars, but I didn't think I could do it as a living.