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I understand the importance of giving back, and that's something I definitely want to do.
I don't denounce being Canadian at any point, but I'm definitely proud to be an American.
We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.
I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.
I think if you're Red Sox, well, it's something you're born with, and affection you have.
There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate.
I try not to pay much attention to what people say-I just try to concentrate on the game.
The Yankees would be a much better team if they signed a proven closer instead of Tanaka.
...A fuel-less flame is nothing but a wraith, However wrought, if unsustained by passion.
Hitting is mostly confidence. I just go out and play and that's the best you can ask for.
I'm just living a normal life - a regular life, as people would call it. I'm enjoying it.
My only day off is the day I pitch (in regards to how hard he works out during off-days).
He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.
You never forget the feeling of not getting to the World Series. Yes, it sticks with you.
Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands - and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.
The sight of home looks best after you've traveled hundreds of miles to get away from it.
One sign of an excellent speech? 'Can people repeat something they heard, word for word?'
He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another.
If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.
You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
What made me sign with the Cardinals? Because they used salesmanship, the personal touch.
Whether I'm down or whether things are great, I try to stay the same person all the time.
When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.
You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.
It's going to be tough (winning the MVP Award). I'm not really considered a media darling.
It doesn't matter if we get a hit, a walk, hit by pitch; just trying to grind out at-bats.
I'm definitely not satisfied and I always want to do better and learn more and get better.
I'm having a hard time finding a date. I don't trust any women I meet. I'm very skeptical.
I take full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension for the 2014 season.
I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me.
I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.
A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine.
I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end.
I don't know, I think everybody deals with nerves and adrenaline a little bit differently.
It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made.
I guess I'm the only guy old enough to figure him (Nolan Ryan, 1-Hitter Game in 1991) out.
Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down
My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.
The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.
I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.
That space between the white lines - that's my office. That's where I conduct my business.
Never become too good at something you hate, they'll make you do it the rest of your life.
I'm just at the beginning of my career and because of that I don't consider myself a star.
Every time I go out to the mound, I think about where I come from and what I used to have.
I'm going to prepare up to the best of my ability, either way. I'll alter it as I need to.
If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.