I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult. It's funny, because I was never big into autographs as a kid. The only player who I ever wanted an autograph from was Dave Winfield.

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

I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.

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

Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.

I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.

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.