When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.
There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.
If you're not willing to let your partner see your cellulite or know your biggest fears, then you aren't really ready to share yourself.
Talk about your negative experiences with the father, with your girlfriends. Not with your children. And bite your tongue when it comes to diminishing, denying, dismissing, name-calling.
If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.
I felt that justice had been served and that the world was, in some way, a better place for all of us.
Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them.
It's important to remember that Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left - comparing him to Hitler, calling him a terrorist and a tyrant - preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right.
Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies.
If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders.
I have not been able to get any grain yet. It is all in the country, and the people talk instead of working.
'W.' is not necessarily a political film, but it was sort of a contrasting reality for me to get into George W. Bush as a character because of how I felt about his administration before I started making the film.
A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.
You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.
I can't say the advertising model is obsolete yet but it doesn't make a lot of sense in the long range.
Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era.
If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.
