When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.

My father wasn't the best role model to me.

When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better

You have to fix something when it first appears.

My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.