I want to give my respect, glory and time to the Bible - to the word of God - just as I want to give my respect and time to my work.

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.

Your body is a temple and I'm in need of serious prayer.

Happiness is something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else.

Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.

It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people.

You can wave your signs in protest against America taking stands. The stands America's taken are the reason that you can.

People make mistakes and I'm certainly not saying you [Bernie Sanders] did it for any kind of financial advantage.

Every time you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies.

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim.

It's so much easier to go to the Sony movie complex when you're disabled. You take a great elevator. You get your own little private viewing area. I love it.

I just needed to get out on my own, live my own life. And I did, and it's great.