I like to dance and sing when there's no one around, but, if I'm out, I'm really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.

You have to take the good with the bad. Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you're doing bad you shouldn't shy away from them and when doing good, don't run up to them.

It doesn't take talent to work hard.

Everyone fears rejection.

You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home.

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

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.