Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.

You can always improve your bench and relief pitching.

You need to be locally relevant, globally consistent.

The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four.

I didn't cost the Series. I cost a game in the regular season.

Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell.

If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.

Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions.

Emotions can get in the way of truth-seeking. People do not process information in a neutral way.

When chaos is the god of an era, clamorous music is the deity's chief instrument.

Now to escape involves not just running away, but arriving somewhere.

An observant child should be put in the way of things worth observing.

My mom says that when it rains you never feel like you should be anywhere but home.

The secret of forgiveness is not to procrastinate, but to free yourself immediately of stress by totally forgiving this instant.

Human beings are social animals and nearly all of us are driven by the need to be loved and the desire to successfully sustain meaningful romantic relationships for life.

All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant them through the power of God with which I am invested.