It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run.

What I try to do is don't have any ups and downs. I emphasize taking the same approach.

The power of home run hitters in the majors is different from those here. It's probably difficult for me to match that power now.

I'm aware the fans in the U.S. can be less forgiving...I'll just have to do my best to please them.

It's important to find a team where you can be comfortable. I know there are a lot of high expectatons.

I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.

I love New York, I love the Yankees, I love the fans here.

I've been watching American baseball on television for a long time, but it was only in recent years that, realistically, I've been thinking about playing here.

You are Entering the Red Zone.Proceed at Own Risk.When in Doubt Run.

Never place someone so high on a pedestal that if they should fall... you get crushed.

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

What music appeals to in us it is difficult to know; what we do know is that music reaches a zone so deep that madness itself cannot penetrate there.

We walk among worlds unrealized until we have learned the secret of love.

It was not enough. It was too much. It was everything.

To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.

The future is not really the future. It's just a present that looks good.

Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.