New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball, but all sports. But Red Sox Nation is Red Sox Nation.

Playing without the fundamentals is like eating without a knife and fork. You make a mess.

If what you want does not exist, why not create it?

Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.

My philosophy has always been, do what you love and the money will follow.

I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed.

One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.

Politics are a labyrinth without a clue.

If I have to win one game, I’d have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman.

I played with Barbies but I used to decapitate them. I used to take their heads off then dye their hair and do weird things.

I've been making pizza dough lately. And I'm pretty sure the calzone was invented when a pizza got stuck on the peel.

[My fashion] line is inspired by real people, so I guess you could say it was listening to them, what they need, what they want and then translating that into coming from me.