I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

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.

You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.

I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

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

Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.