“I love the MLB app, because I’m a pretty obsessed baseball fan.”

I think small business is struggling in New York City. It’s a fantastic market, it’s a very appealing market, there’s lots of opportunity, at the same time it’s a very difficult place to build a small business.

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask thy favors … He who neglects the service of the Blessed Virgin will die in his sins … He who does not invoke thee, O Lady, will never get to Heaven …

Forgiveness is, first of ali, a gift I give myself.

We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success. We do it to create more success stories.

I’ve always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions – a respectful relationship.

We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn’t new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are.

I believe there’s an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.

A holistic solution to income inequality is going to take a lot of work, but every time you prove that one of the strands is achievable and that it has a positive impact on people’s lives you take another step towards proving the bigger theory of the case.

I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I’m someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.

I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It’s time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.

NY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries

I haven’t smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.

There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people’s concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother’s side of the family.

While this has been a private part of my family’s life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.

I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.

Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.

Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.