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" 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. "

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" Through time you learn from your experiences. I think I've learned to deal with people a little bit better over time. That in particular has developed a little bit. "

" You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series. "

" 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. "

" I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them. "

" I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it. "

" I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I put up a defense mechanism. But I've always been that way. "

" I've always had an interest in business, and my interest in business has really expanded over the years. "

" 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. "

" I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes. "

" I think, a lot of times, players get in trouble when they're asked questions and they think they have to find a way to answer it. If you ask me a question and I say, 'I don't know,' there's really no follow-up. "

" When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling. "

" I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower. "

" I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty much, since I was in eighth, ninth grade. I look forward to not doing that. "

" I don't really see myself getting a Twitter account. Nothing against it. I get it. I especially get it for businesses. "

" You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer. "

" You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always say to me, 'Your image is this, your image is that.' Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. That's what I worry about. "

" I think there's something wrong with me - I like to win in everything I do, regardless of what it is. You want to race down the street, I want to beat you. If we're playing checkers, I want to win. You beat me, it's going to bother me. I just enjoy competition. "

" We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present. "

" I want to have a family. "

" Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" No former player has owned a team in baseball. "

" You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing. "

" 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. "

" 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 can see how people work out to feel better. "

" Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did. "

" Everyone fears rejection. "