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.

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.

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.

I'm a simple guy, you know? If I do something, it's not going to be, 'Look at this, look at that.' It just happens.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

But as we all know, rock ‘n’ roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on forever.

The long-term pain suffered by suppressing emotions is far greater than the short-term pain of confronting them.

Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean.

I've been a Yankees fan since I was six.

The tea-kettle is as much an English institution as aristocracy or the Prayer-Book.

The dark grave, which knows all secrets, can alone reclaim the fatal doubt once cast on a woman's name.

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.

That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.