Quotes from Lance Berkman

God has given me a lot of ability to play the game of baseball.

I was raised in church by Christian parents and I was baptized when I was 11 years old. But I didn't really have a good understanding of what the Gospel was really all about until college.

The mark of a good hitter is someone who hits the ball hard, often. And if you run into a few home runs, that's fine.

One-run games can go either way, and most of the time they do.

If you gave me a choice between being married and being a baseball player, that's a no-brainer. I would be married any day. I just love it.

I'll be a Houston Astro no matter what ... I would certainly want to leave myself open to a return to the team if that made sense for the organization and for me as well.

It is, ... kind of a softball atmosphere out there.