I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

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.

those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel.

It's like watching a car accident, that reality TV.

There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does not seem to care how painful, or dangerous, or difficult it is to do.

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face.

When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his own.

One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.

If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.

We are children of the Earth...respect your mother.

All you have to do is believe, baby, believe you're the best in the world and you'll get here.