Everyone fears rejection.

My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.

Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

This is why you play - to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

Hey, Jimmy.”“Yeah.”“You ever think about how long we’re going to live?”“No, ” he says. “Not really.”“Well, why not?”“I dunno. Guess I’m too busy livin’ it to think about it.

Book is a nice companion

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

Set the mind to work, and apply the thoughts vigorously to the business, for it holds in the struggles of the mind, as in those of war, that to think we shall conquer is to conquer.

Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.

He who practices Tasawwuf without learning Sacred Law corrupts his faith, while he who learns Sacred Law without practicing Tasawwuf corrupts himself. Only he who combines the two proves true.

The secret must be kept from all non-people. The mystery must be hidden from all idiots.

Rockefeller made his money in oil, which he discovered at the bottom of wells. Oil was considered crude in those days, but so was Rockefeller. Now both are considered quite refined.

I smell blood. I'm like a pit bull. Once I taste blood I'm on you .. and I'm about to taste blood.

Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words.