My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career.

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.

You can't spend months insulting almost every group imaginable and then expect everyone to suddenly sing kumbaya together.

Prereading is a game changer. It changed my life...Everyone is smarter when they have seen the material before. You will be too.

Books are like plants. They're decorations that are alive.

I'm going to take this God-given gift of being funny, and I'm going to spread it out like peanut butter on everything I do.

Ridley Scott obviously an iconic director, he's made some fantastic films. Obviously a very smart, very tasteful, thoughtful guy. So yeah, I'm in good shape; got Ridley Scott with The Cartel.

I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

Funboy: Pal, something is seriously wrong with you. The Crow: Atrocity has that effect on me.

Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin.

When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence.