Quotes By Garth Brooks

My hardest thing was to let go, to be happy for everybody and just to enjoy. And go back to being what you were before you became an artist, and that was just a fan.

While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then.

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.

I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.

I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.

If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.

Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

I try to do my best.

Just keep taking chances and having fun.

I don't know of too many double Christmas albums, so it is something that's new, and hopefully will be fun, and there's plenty of stuff out there to cut.

I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.

There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys.

I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.

I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being able to play. Like most people, I have a darker side I'd like to explore onscreen.

I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently when I worked out with Jason Kendall and he told me he's liked listening to my records since he was a kid!

No matter what you say you might do, you never really know until you're in the moment. Every situation is so different.

The guys have told me not to quit my day job.

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.