The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

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 been lying to you guys for a long time, saying I wasn't nervous and there's no pressure. There was a lot of pressure to do it here.

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.

The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.