I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step. A very select few have that opportunity so when you do have the opportunity you know, those guys take advantage of it.

I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed

I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home

He's (George Steinbrenner) the one who gave me a chance to get to the World Series. This is where I wanted to be all along. We had a couple of nice offers from other teams, but I tied my agents' hands. I told them I wanted to be a Yankee.

Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it.

If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.

I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion.