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" I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency. "

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" In my mind, I never doubted whether I was going to achieve what I wanted to do. I just had to decide what it is I wanted to do. "

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" I would like to be one of the people responsible for getting Elizabeth Warren out of politics. She's a nightmare. The Left's holding her up as the second coming of Hillary Clinton; Lord knows we don't need the first. "

" I'm a good person. I don't wish hateful things on people. I don't hate anybody. I know that I treat people right. "

" I've been playing games for 30 years, and I've been a hard-core gamer. "

" I was raised to understand and know the difference between right and wrong. "

" You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes. "

" I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway? "

" Just hear Senator McCain speak. He may not give you the answer you are looking for, he may not be in agreement with you on a stance or an issue, but the man is honest to a fault. "

" My whole life was spent doing things that people didn't believe were possible, because God blessed me with the ability to throw a baseball. "

" I had three jobs my junior and senior year of high school. I worked for the gas station and worked for a pizza place. "

" I am human, when people write bad stuff about me it bothers me, but I know that will never end. "

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" I always believed God gave us the tools to take care of ourselves. "

" I wanted to create jobs and create something that had a very longstanding world-changing effect. We were close. We were close to getting there. It just fell apart. "

" I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career. "

" I used to visit kids with cancer all the time. Now I'm in the club. I understand what's happening to these little kids with brain cancer, and I ask myself, 'How do they make it through the day?' So you see a little 5-year-old and you say, 'If she can do it, I can suck it up.' "

" I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete. "

" Some of the most racist things that I've ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. There are some of the biggest racists in sports commentating, and you take it for what it is. "

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" One thing I was told early in my career is when you walk out on the field, the name on the back of your jersey is not yours - it's your dad's. I've carried that with me forever as something - I've worked harder and learned more about my father since he passed than when he was alive, because when he was alive, I was young, and I knew everything. "

" Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong. "

" I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to? "