There's responsibility, but there's also accountability. You have to be accountable for your actions. You have to stand at your locker when things are going bad.

I always hear people say I give the same answers or I don’t give you much. No, I just don’t give you much negativity. When people are negative a lot, it starts to creep into your mind, and then you start having doubts, and I don’t like that. If there’s another way, show me. My job is to stay positive. My job is to limit distractions. And if you get annoyed by that, I don’t expect you to understand because you’re not in my shoes.

That's how you win - pitching and defense.

It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there and help him. A lot of players start thinking double then maybe wind up with a triple because the outfielder slips.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult.

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.