If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.

I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.

You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.

Everyone fears rejection.

The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.

I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.