Mark Teixeira Quotes

I didn't realize how much I loved the game until I couldn't play it.

The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.

Switch-hitting is one of the greatest things in the world and one of the worst things in the world.

I've always felt that I need to be somebody in the middle of the lineup that's going to drive in runs and come up with big hits.

I was always a neat kid. I never wanted my hands dirty. I wasn't a dirty kid. A lot of kids like to run around. If I was rolling around the dirt, I went home and took a shower. That's just the way I was. I'm not sure. I might have been born with it.

It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball.

Education is very important to me, as is helping children.

There's no question that I love playing in Texas. I love the fans. I love everything about Texas.

I really expect a lot of myself.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

Being from Baltimore, I'm a crab cake snob, and I'm very particular on where I eat my crab cakes.

If I can be a good person and help a few non-believers or even help people that are believers but need a little help along the way, I think that's a job that I take very seriously.

I don't play to prove people right or wrong. I just want to win.

To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.

My goal was to go to college and come out the best player.

College was a blast. My three years of college were the best years of my life.

I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere and it's a great thing to have a world cup to celebrate the whole world. It shows the world that baseball is important and how great the game is.

Its a real honor to be included among the list of finalists, when you see the names that are there, ... Some of the guys who won the Hank Aaron Award in the past are thought of as some of the best players in the history of the game, so just to be included with those guys is really gratifying.

Every time I pray, I ask for forgiveness. I'm a sinner. I sin every single day. But I do know that God loves me. I do know that God forgives me. It helps me in my every day life because there's nothing anyone can do to me that I can't forgive them for.

My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.

I'm so excited about the new [Yankee] stadium!

It's an honor to be playing with these four players and to be a part of their fifth World Series title and my first.

I've been very fortunate to play for four great organizations, but New York really takes the cake. Wearing the pinstripes is something that's very special to me, and it's the greatest organization in sports history.

I have confidence that whatever I set in my mind will happen. Everything I strived for I reached.

I don't play baseball first. I put Christ first in my life. I put my family behind Him and I put baseball down the line. I obviously want to succeed. I want to do well. I want to perform. But at the same time, I'm at peace that no matter what happens on this earth, the more important part is being a Christian, and being in the Kingdom of Heaven when it's all said and done.

New York City is the capital for Baseball, not just for the pros, but also for the kids throughout the city, as well. No matter who you root for, the Borough Cup is going to make every kid and community that participates a winner.

I think everybody out there on the American team is out of their element. That's not an excuse. That's the way it is. It's early in the spring. A lot of guys are not as (locked-in) as they could be.

I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon, and I wanted to make a difference soon.

Agents are probably going to hate me for saying it... You're not very valuable when you're making $20 million. When you're Mike Trout, making the minimum, you are crazy valuable. My first six years, before I was a free agent, I was very valuable. But there's nothing you can do that can justify a $20 million contract.

The Red Sox didn't handle negotiations with any kind of respect for me and my family, and the Rangers were the total opposite.

My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

I have three beautiful children and a World Series ring. That's all I need.

You can never pat yourself on the back during the season. Then you get complacent, stop working and let yourself slide.

I usually don't look at at-bats where I get out. I look at my hits. I look at good swings I put on balls. Because of that good swing or good at-bat, I can see what I need to continue to work on and recreate.

Christ doesn't keep score. It's not about what you do here. It's about the person you are. It's about your faith. That's one thing that I'd like for young kids or anybody to know.

I always lift weights very heavy and spend a lot of time in the weight room.

The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

I love first base. I want to get better.

No matter what I do on the baseball field, no matter how hard I try to be a good player, no matter how hard I try to be a good father or a good husband, I can never do enough. I can never be perfect in this world. But God's there to tell me that it's not what you do, it's whom you believe in and it's Him loving me.

Baseball is a game of failure. There are plenty of opportunities to be down, or to feel sorry for yourself, or to be upset at somebody or upset at yourself.

I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.

You can never completely get it - being a Christian - but I think I really got it when my first son was born in 2006. I just realized the love that God has for all of us. It was seeing my son born and knowing the unconditional love that I have for him.

I have no problem with the arbitration process.

Baseball can be a game of peaks and valleys. Mentally, I want to stay away from the ups and downs and just maintain a level approach.

I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven!

If you are searching for your purpose in life then you're never going to be satisfied. This life will never satisfy you. You'll never be happy and you'll never be content. The only really contentment or true happiness is with Christ.

My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career.

I enjoy spending time with my family. And when my family's not around, when I'm on the road, a lot of sleep. I get my rest. I understand how important my job is and how important rest is to that job. I'm pretty boring.