“I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.”

I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I’ll always sign for a kid before an adult.

I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.

I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.

My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you’re a kid, you want to be just like your dad.

I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.

I like to dance and sing when there’s no one around, but, if I’m out, I’m really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.

That’s how you win – pitching and defense.

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.

I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don’t short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.

I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.

When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!

Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.

I can see how people work out to feel better.

So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it’s easy to say, ‘Ah, I’ll workout tomorrow.’ But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.

I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I’m nervous for them.

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

A Christian in the world is one thing, and the world in a Christian is quite another thing. A ship in the water is all right, but when the water gets in the ship, it is quite a different thing.

Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God.

Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

You must walk to the beat of a different drummer. The same beat that the wealthy hear. If the beat sounds normal, evacuate the dance floor immediately! The goal is to not be normal, because as my radio listeners know, normal is broke.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love.