Ultimately, at the end of the day, you couldn't say you were better than the other person because you knew you had a secret. You knew you had cheated.

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.

There is a feeling when you are in Yankee Stadium that it is a very sacred ground you are walking on and you know you had the same feelings that other great players have had in other eras that played right there on that field.

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it replaces.

The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become.

As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.