I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.

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.

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.

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.

This is why you play - to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.

The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.