“I don't take big leads, but I am fast enough to steal. It's just that ...” — Xander Bogaerts Quote

I don't take big leads, but I am fast enough to steal. It's just that I don't attempt it as much.

I was a kid and I was blessed enough to always have spikes and gloves and stuff like that. But I played with kids that never had that. For them to have that and for me to support that is a big deal for me.

My heart is always at shortstop.

Once you can control that strike zone, you can make better swings and hit the ball better every time.

When you grow up, you'll be older but those memories you have as a kid last forever.

People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

Once the monetary sovereignty is retaken, one can make a last attempt to renegotiate all of the treaties: Maastricht, Schengen, Dublin, and Lisbon.

It will undoubtedly happen, that the enemy will make the attempt, today, tomorrow or the next day, at some time, to break into this fortress of Europe at one point or another. That will undoubtedly be the case.

Any attempt to redress the inequities and injustices that plague our society has to start with the reality that we will never live in a genuine meritocracy as long as the wealthy are able to protect their own interests.