I don't vote party lines. Never have. I vote for the best candidate.

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'm not sure I can think of any scenario more enjoyable than making 55,000 people from New York shut up.

In baseball, I was always in control of everything until I let the ball go.

Most guys who don't like me are either Democrats or Yankee fans.

War is by no means something glamorous, and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.

It is all about rehab. Most doctors can make you 100 percent well physically. I would tell you that it is 25 percent about the surgery and 75 percent about the rehab.

I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.

One of the walls of my bedroom was a collage of about 15 years of baseball photos. I would cut out the baseball pictures from every issue and I had this huge montage of thousands of pictures.

I don't miss anything I did for a living.

I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever.

You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance... but it is your behavior that will reveal your true character.

I love you. I’ve always loved you. And I’ll go on loving you until I don’t anymore.

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.

That suit is best that best suits me.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.

When you love someone, what they want is the best that you can give them.

...the only way to prove you are normal is to smash someone's face in

If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.

I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.