In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.
When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more.
It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny.
I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.
Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart.
God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.
I believe the favor of God on my life is not for me to keep to myself and become proud of, but to be used for others... I believe God has a plan for me in the entertainment world.
My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that had decided it for them.
God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
It's fair to characterise me as competitive and determined, but anyone who works with me will attest to the fact I believe very strongly in the notion of servant leadership.
I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one.
People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.
I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.
There was a time in my life that my mother told me that they didn't know whether they were going to send me to college or an institution, and it's rough to hear that... Childhood is tough.
Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego.
Let me say no danger and no hardship ever makes me wish to get back to that college life again.
Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.
