I think God gave talent to different people in different areas.

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.

Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent.

The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves.

People who are overwhelmed with troubles never do look back.They know only too well that misfortune follows in their wake.

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.

Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.

I want to do an intelligent talk show where you have room to breathe...

Democracy fascinates me.

There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness.

The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.

The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.