“My experience over 17 years playing with the Yankees, these are a few of the things that I’ve learned. You’ve got to have a plan of action, You have to stay focused on the things you can control, and don’t get discouraged or distracted by the things you cannot control.”

When my Yankee career is over I’ll play anywhere, but I’m positive that I’ll never find a team quite like the Yankees.

I have played professional baseball for over half my life. From the time I picked up a baseball glove, I did not want to put it down.

I know the good Lord wouldn’t give me any more than I can handle, but I sure wish he wouldn’t have so much confidence in me.

Don’t be afraid to take risks. Make the most of your journey. Make it fun and exciting.

I had a good run here, fifteen years. That’s a great run. I’m not saying that I’m done in center field – if I could play there forever, I would. But I know that’s not reality, so I’m happy.

My job is to make myself available to play to the best of my ability. Mentally, I’ve got to stay ready to play every day.

Faith is trust in what the spirit learned eons ago.

I could endure the hunger. I had learned to live with hate.

Mainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.

Show me a dog who still cannot perform a task after it has been trained over and over again, and I’ll tell you who the slow learner is.

The mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned.

With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don’t learn, then it’s an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you’re able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.

I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.