"I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write."

"You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy."

"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."

"Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with."

"I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future."

"I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks."

"I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home."

"I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business."

"Just keep taking chances and having fun."

"People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something."

"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."

"I'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get to sleep, so I'll watch a film. An action film can even relax me."

"If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also."

"Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way."

"I believe in the Wal-Mart school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it."

"Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!"

"The guys have told me not to quit my day job."

"It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!"

"You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire."

"I'm much too young to feel this damn old."

"I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation."

"While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then."

"The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself."

"I don't know of too many double Christmas albums, so it is something that's new, and hopefully will be fun, and there's plenty of stuff out there to cut."

"As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy."

"It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham."

"Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers."

"I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being able to play. Like most people, I have a darker side I'd like to explore onscreen."

"True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt."

"Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith."

"Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently when I worked out with Jason Kendall and he told me he's liked listening to my records since he was a kid!"

"I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!"

"Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class."