“Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.”

I’ve always played for the acceptance of my godfather (Willie Mays) and father (Bobby Bonds).

Losing dad (Bobby Bonds) was the worst thing in the world.

I’m clean, I’ve always been clean.

It’s not the name that makes the player. It’s the player.

I’m a very private person. My life story isn’t for everybody.

When I finish playing, I think I’d like to coach college baseball.

I like to be against the odds. I’m not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it’s just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.

Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn’t matter how good you are.

I don’t know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don’t believe it. I don’t believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination and technically hit a baseball.

My career is an open book, but my life is not.

I don’t know if the record is going to happen. I don’t really think about the record. There are other things I worry about.

Serra High school, to me, was my most enjoyable time for me in my entire life. That was the only time I was free. We just played baseball because it was fun.

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

Sometimes I surprise my own damn self.

I have a chef who makes sure that I’m getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.

I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.

Self-confidence goes a long way and is very attractive to others.

To be able to have that self-respect for yourself and just that feeling of, OK.

I’m a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument.

Clothes have always had a wonderful influence on my physical well-being as well as my self-assurance.

the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.

CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Painting is self-discovery.