All pitchers are born pitchers.

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.

I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.