The Red Sox didn't handle negotiations with any kind of respect for me and my family, and the Rangers were the total opposite.
Mark TeixeiraHome runs come in bunches. You can go two weeks without one or hit four in a week. Sometimes, you just feel that stroke for a week or two weeks straight.
Mark TeixeiraI'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.
Mark TeixeiraOne thing that I've realized is that you're never going to be 100 percent successful. You're always going to be let down. When you have God in your life and you follow Christ, you're never going to be let down. Every time that you fail, He's there to pick you right back up. Every time you think the world's going to end because you had a couple of bad games, God's there to remind you that's not what it's all about.
Mark Teixeira