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" I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. "

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" My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around. "

" 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. "

" My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true. "

" 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. "

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

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

" For me, when I was a kid, volunteering was the last thing I was thinking about. When I see kids doing it now, it amazes me. It's very impressive, it gives them something productive to do as opposed to getting in trouble. For them to take time out at such a young age is remarkable. I think all kids should take a little time out to volunteer. "

" 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. "

" Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different people, which is very important. "

" God, I hope I wear this jersey forever. "

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

" I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me. "

" I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And that's the feeling I've always had. "

" I've been asked to sign a forehead. "

" 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've always been very aware of what I'm saying, but I'm also aware of what you're saying. I always want to make sure that my point is clear. "

" I always used to get in trouble for talking too much. When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me! "

" Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold. "

" You can't quantify everything a player does to win games. "

" Everyone fears rejection. "

" My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me. "

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

" I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult. It's funny, because I was never big into autographs as a kid. The only player who I ever wanted an autograph from was Dave Winfield. "

" Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance. "

" 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. "