It's all about makeup.

He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.

We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.

Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.