From my father's side I got the strength, the mental toughness, the heart, the courage.

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.

Love others, not because they deserve your love, but because the universe deserves peace.

Sometimes before it gets betterthe darkness gets bigger. The person that you'd take a bullet foris behind the trigger.

When someone loves you so much that He dies for you, you can trust that any rewards He promises are going to be good.

Describing Robert Bunsen:As an investigator he was great, as a teacher he was greater, as a man and friend he was greatest.

There is a cost to loving anything, or anyone. No one tells you that when you are young.

The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was a person, I'd stab them.

Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet needs.

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

Seek the sound that never ceases. Seek the sun that never sets.