To me, the fun part of hitting is the thinking part. It's the game within the game.

I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.

When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.

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.

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

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

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.