I've always felt that I need to be somebody in the middle of the lineup that's going to drive in runs and come up with big hits.

I have no problem with the arbitration process.

Home runs come in bunches. You can go two weeks without one or hit four in a week. Sometimes, you just feel that stroke for a week or two weeks straight.

The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.

To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.

I'm so excited about the new [Yankee] stadium!

Education is very important to me, as is helping children.

I didn't realize how much I loved the game until I couldn't play it.

I have confidence that whatever I set in my mind will happen. Everything I strived for I reached.

I think everybody out there on the American team is out of their element. That's not an excuse. That's the way it is. It's early in the spring. A lot of guys are not as (locked-in) as they could be.

Do you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose? That the luckiest man who walks on this earth is the one who finds… true love?

Summer brings sunshine, warm and flowering.

The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?

Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! The frontier town and citadel of night!

If you can't quit no matter how hard you try, then you have a chance to succeed.

Most of my friends all tend to work in restaurants part time, doing acting classes on the side.

I have lots of desires - good body, nice skin, cute, beautiful, knows how to cook, concentrates on her work, a girl that's worth the respect.

I had two roles for which I compromised.

Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.

The Goddess is Alive. Magic is afoot.