Some of the things I've done are really special.

I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.

My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

I believe I have a responsibility that goes along with the money I make. I can help a lot of people.

If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.

I remember quotes in the paper, 'Here comes the man that New York loves to hate.' Man? None of you have probably ever eaten steak with me or rice and beans with me to understand what the man is about. You might say the player, the competitor, but the man? You guys have abused my name. You guys have said so many things, have written so many things.

I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.