I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models.

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.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

A nation will never be vanished by subjugation or oppression, unless they get used to.

The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.

Babies are thinking and attracting before they are speaking. Even though you are only months old in your physical body, you are a very old and wise Creator, focused in that baby's body.

We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.

Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process.

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.

Some are unwisely liberal, and more delight to give presents than to pay debts.

I don't have a dis-ability, I have a different-ability.