Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now.

I want to be known as a good major-leaguer, and good major-leaguers work to become good.

When you think small and up the middle, good things happen.

I don't care if people like me or not. Respect is more important.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can, I challenge you to read a book every two weeks, like I try to.

I'm focussing on what I haven't attained, not what I have. A lot has come to me early. I don't want to get consumed with that. Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. My goal is to play one full game in the now, but I haven't even gotten past the first inning yet. I start thinking about where my mom is or if my dogs have been fed. The average human has 2,000 thoughts a day. The really accomplished have 1,500 because you can focus longer. I need to learn how to focus longer.