Red Sox versus Yankees is the greatest rivalry in sports.

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.

The race doesn't always belong to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It belongs rather to those who run the race, who stay the course and who fight the good fight.

When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.

Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.

I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.

The first step to Happiness is deciding exactly what kind of life you want. That kinda comes from experience.

One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.

Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime.

So Stephanie.. you wanna say let the bodies hit the floor... I would say... let the boobies hit the floor!

With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army.

The greatest waste in all the world is living below our potential.

No stress, no fights. I'm leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life.

Drugs don't have to be a part of that to me, so if somebody says - your music takes me to that sort of place - then I'm really psyched.

To find God, you must welcome everything.

I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn't exist, as did Oprah.