I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.

You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down.

I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.

The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.