Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.

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

I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower.

Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.

One of the best things about being a Yankee is that you have guys like Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Guidry and Reggie Jackson wandering around the locker room offering you advice.

I always try to take from past performances. You never try to get too high or too low. Just play every game, just treat every game like it's the same.