Garth Brooks's Quotes

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.

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

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

It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!

People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something.

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

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

Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.

You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.

Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

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!

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 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 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'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'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get to sleep, so I'll watch a film. An action film can even relax me.

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.

You know Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than me, but for some reason you get the ball and now - and now you run with it. And you do the best you can.

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

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

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

Just keep taking chances and having fun.