There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.

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.

The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

I'm happy, I'm in a good place, I'm looking forward to my future.

While I may not agree with all of President Obama's energy policies, I strongly supported his successful effort to double fuel economy standards for cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

The permit limits are pretty close to what the reality is.

A fully open mind could shatter the skull in both directions.

All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.

It is impossible that a fish doesn't carry any smell of the sea and a real love, of the melancholy!

Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.

I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.