“We just want to win. That’s the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don’t really reflect on what we’ve done in the past. We focus on the present.”

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.

I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams – I’m not knocking other teams – but there’s only one shortstop on the Yankees.

You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.

I’ve been lying to you guys for a long time, saying I wasn’t nervous and there’s no pressure. There was a lot of pressure to do it here.

It doesn’t seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener

It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.

Sneak out when things go good. It bothers me when people have good games and stand in front of their locker waiting for the media, then they have bad games and sneak out the back.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that’s difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

It doesn’t take talent to work hard.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.

If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.

I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn’t have to look far for role models.

God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.

You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It’s still a loss. It doesn’t matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.

I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.

If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

Focus on where you are going, not where you are.

The secret of success is focus of purpose.

People who fail focus on what they have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.

You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.