People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special.

I don't care how much I'm talked about or hyped. It's still up to me to go out and perform.

Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.

As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.

An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as individual and marked as a thumbprint, and is a playwright's truest imprimatur. It is as innate as breathing, and can be as unique as any genetic code. By its very singular nature, it is seldom born in the act of collaboration. True authorial voice always pre-dates the first rehearsal of a text. And it is - and will always be - an author's most distinguishing and valuable feature.

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.