I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.

I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.

You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.

If you put the ball in the right place, you don't have to throw hard.

Whenever someone has the ability to impact people's lives, I think that's one of the greatest things that God gives us as individuals.

Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it.

I feel like I should go out there and throw a shutout every time I pitch. If we score one [run] and I give up two, then I didn't do my job as far as I'm concerned.

It kills me when I make a bad pitch...I want to be perfect out there.

Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.

I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game.

He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.

He knew what the thing was going to do next. It was going to climb the hood slowly, toying with them before crushing in the windshield and eating them all alive.

I'm encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations.

I am not the kind of person I want to be.

My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye.

The American Way is so restlessly creative as to be essentially destructive; the American Way is to carry common sense itself almost to the point of madness.

Courage results when one's convictions are bigger than one's fears.

There is no such thing as time management; there is only self-management.

So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.