I like a calm life where nobody bothers 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 have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

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.

A compassionate heart radiates rays of beauty that remove the clouds of million hearts.

If [Christian leaders] do not teach Christian principles to all followers of Christ, we are not equipping them with God’s truth that willovercome worldly influence.

Dating is like pushing your tray along in a cafeteria. Nothing looks good, but you know you have to pick something by the time you reach the cashier.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

You dropped a 500-seat deuce on Times Square.

When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even dicier to listen.

The transmission of values from one generation to the next is the single most important task of the society. ...What am I doing to shape the values of the society?

Love is not what you say; love is what you do