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" People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid. "

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" I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete. "

" I've been called a lot of things. But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. "

" Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death. "

" I wanted to create jobs and create something that had a very longstanding world-changing effect. We were close. We were close to getting there. It just fell apart. "

" Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong. "

" Some of the most racist things that I've ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. There are some of the biggest racists in sports commentating, and you take it for what it is. "

" I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset. "

" One of the walls of my bedroom was a collage of about 15 years of baseball photos. I would cut out the baseball pictures from every issue and I had this huge montage of thousands of pictures. "

" I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever. "

" I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency. "

" I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am. "

" Short of baseball and my family, it was gaming. And gaming is a $20-million to $200-million multi-year effort. It's an insane, stupid and utterly irresponsible act. But I did it. "

" I don't vote party lines. Never have. I vote for the best candidate. "

" I was such a screwup when I got to the big leagues. I was a total idiot. "

" Most guys who don't like me are either Democrats or Yankee fans. "

" I'm a good person. I don't wish hateful things on people. I don't hate anybody. I know that I treat people right. "

" I don't pitch for contracts. "

" I did everything I could to win every time I was handed the ball. "

" Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will. "

" Only a geek would say this, but my first true love was a game called 'Wizardry'; that was the game that hooked me forever. "

" The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most. "

" On a two week road trip I know I can get by better with no underwear than no laptop. "

" I used to visit kids with cancer all the time. Now I'm in the club. I understand what's happening to these little kids with brain cancer, and I ask myself, 'How do they make it through the day?' So you see a little 5-year-old and you say, 'If she can do it, I can suck it up.' "

" I don't have a racist bone in my body. "

" I did all the stupid things you'd expect from a 21-year-old kid with money. "

" I've been playing games for 30 years, and I've been a hard-core gamer. "

" My whole life was spent doing things that people didn't believe were possible, because God blessed me with the ability to throw a baseball. "