It doesn't seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener

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.

You've got to make adjustments as you get older.

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

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.

Obviously, you're known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete.

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.