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

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" I've always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach or the mentality I never wanted to embarrass my parents. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea. "

" I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong. "

" I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Everyone fears rejection. "

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

" You tell me you want to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat you. 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 hate the treadmill. I hate it. You really don't have to be on it that long, something like 20 or 30 minutes. It's all about getting your heart rate up. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business, it's our job, but I don't think you can do well unless you're having fun. "

" 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. "

" 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 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 went to school on Senior Skip Day. "

" If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose. "

" 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. "

" When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me! "

" I remember going from rookie ball to A, to double A, then to triple A. At every level it seemed like the game was faster. The bigger the situation, the more the game speeds up. That's all mental. It messes people up. "

" That's how you win - pitching and defense. "