Quotes from Curt Schilling

I was a very weird amalgam of things as a kid.

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.

As much as I'd like to think I'm a really good designer, I'm average.

The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime.

My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'

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?

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

I loved fantasy role play.

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 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?

The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.

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

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

The game was here long before I was, and will be here long after I'm gone.

When you say you are a gamer and you are a celebrity or a former celebrity there's a grain of salt that everybody takes that with.

I took a shot and tried to create something world changing and it didn't work out. I gave it everything I had, literally, and now I'm just trying to manage day by day and it's been challenging but my wife and my kids are healthy, and I'm OK.

I came back after my surgery, throwing four to six miles harder than I did before.

I've helped create over 400 jobs in the worst economy of my lifetime. That's cool.

I don't have any problem with government helping entrepreneurs and businesses.

I tell people all the time that without the fans, I've got nothing.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

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

I was such a screwup when I got to the big leagues. I was a total idiot.

I was always an MMO fan. I'm playing 'World of Warcraft' in the clubhouse, and J.D. Drew and Coco Crisp saw me playing. They came over and got interested, and they wound up creating accounts.