Jorge Posada Quotes

My father knows me better than anyone. He can tell me over the phone what I'm doing wrong.

I don't want to be gone. I don't want to be somewhere else. I consider myself a Yankee.

I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee.

Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball.

Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old.

There is only one Mariano Rivera. There wont be another person who will come along and do what he did. No one does it like him. It was an honor to catch him and play alongside him for as long as I did. He made my job as a catcher so much easier. Mariano is a special person and obviously a special player.

Some days are a blessing when you wake up and you say, 'Wow, I feel good today.' Some days are like: 'Wow, I feel bad. I got no chance today.' You tape it up and you go.

You can always look back on having a good defensive day, even if you didn't do anything offensively. You won the game and you contributed.

I'm very proud of my area around the plate. I don't want anyone messing with my dirt.

I'm always happy. I like to have fun. During the game, I don't like showing my emotions, though. I'm all about winning the game. I take a lot of responsibility for that.

When you're aggressive behind the plate, calling a game, that's when you're at your best. You can't be tentative.

He pitches better when he's mad, so I try to make him that way.

I belong a Yankee. I'm really happy that I got the chance to sign a good contract, and really happy that I got the chance to stay with the Yankees. Going elsewhere, I was going to hear the offers, but the Yankees made it really tough.

John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didnt use it much. He didnt want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.

I think you learn. You learn from your mistakes. You learn from things you do and try to stay away from the negatives in your life. I think I've grown.

My dad was the first one who said, 'You're going to end up behind the plate because you've got a very good arm and you're very smart when it comes to calling a game.'

You gotta take care of yourself; you cant do anything in excess.

The only thing that matters is when the team wins.

What people might find surprising: I taught my wife to change diapers when we had our first.

I try to go out and do the same thing every night. I've been taught since I was a kid that the only thing that matters is winning.