You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.

It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

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.