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The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.
Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.
A lot of teams, I think, are just happy to make the post-season. Here, you have to win.
Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.
Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that's to win.
I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.
My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with my kids.
When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.
My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.
I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.
If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.
I've always had an interest in business, and my interest in business has really expanded over the years.
The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
It doesn't feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I'm on an All-Star team everyday.
I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult.
The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.
Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did.
I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.
Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.
Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.
I don't really see myself getting a Twitter account. Nothing against it. I get it. I especially get it for businesses.
If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.
You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.
You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It's still a loss. It doesn't matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.
The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.
The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it's a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.
Any player that says they don't want to go to an All-Star Game is lying to you. It's something everyone wants to be a part of.
The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.
I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.
I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.
Walking around sometimes, I would love to just be able to watch people, see how they act. Sometimes I would love to be invisible.
When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.
It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.
The thing that means the most to me is being remembered as a Yankee, because that's what I've always wanted to be, was to be a Yankee.
During the offseason, I go to the movies almost every day. You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.
I've been lying to you guys for a long time, saying I wasn't nervous and there's no pressure. There was a lot of pressure to do it here.
I'm very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it!
I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean.
You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer.
My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.
I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models.