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.

The more you play baseball, the less depends on your athletic ability. It's a mental war more than anything.

I'm never happy with my performance.

I've always enjoyed challenges.

When I first started out acting, I didn't have anything to lose. I had another career. If I fell on my face, I could say, 'I'll see ya,' and go back to working.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

People admire a screen actor if they have theatre skills, but it's looked down upon by the industry as being not a 'real job,' in the way it isn't in New York or the U.K.

I'm a firm believer that you don't have to pick one career path.