I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

Ever since I was a little kid, I was competitive.

I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

I never give up. If you beat me, you have to beat me one, three, four, five times, and I still don't give up.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

I see the hitter when he's moved in the box, like when he's moved closer to the plate or changed his stance. I see when the batter has moved his feet, and then I make my own adjustment.

Baseball was just the avenue that the Lord used so I can provide for my family.

I think the good Lord is a Yankee.

Every time before I throw my first pitch, I am praying. And not only that, in the bullpen I am praying.

I'm a simple guy, you know? If I do something, it's not going to be, 'Look at this, look at that.' It just happens.

If we weren’t already doing it this way, is this the way we would start?

Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.

I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.

I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner played golf this weekend. Obama’s handicap is Joe Biden.

When writing a novel, I'm not smart enough to know how to foreshadow something if I don't know what it is.

I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare.

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

It's not about women acting like man, it's about women acting like woman and being sucsessful