New York came after me aggressively and that's what sealed the deal.

It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen.

I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time.

You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. Well, there could be a lot of busy ambulances tomorrow.

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.

I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see that we're having a lot of fun.

New York came after me aggressively and that's what sealed the deal.

At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have.

But I dig myself, and especially if my wife digs me, I dig myself more.

I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game.

I feel like I've been a Yankee my whole life.

I just go out and play.

I know who I am. And I know I'm a good person.

I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.

People have the right to say what they want, but as long as I can go to bed at night and look myself in the mirror, I'll be all right.

There's not too many teams that can succeed on and off the field together.

It's true that many of the leaders who started at non-elite colleges as undergrads later attended prominent graduate schools in law, business, medicine, and so on. But the point is that they found their own way there - as young men and women in their early 20s, not teenagers pressed into action by parents and peers.

Steve Jobs was a friend and mentor whom I miss more than I can say.

It may look perfect, but that's one thing I have learned about life is that it isn't always what it looks.

There is no blood in jazz drumming, and there are no bullies in jazz drumming.

I don't think a man should try to suppress a woman just because he's married to her.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.

Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.

I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

Success is hard in general for most women. We now have such busy lives, and we're told we can do everything - you know, we can have the relationship and the marriage and the kids and the career.

You win some, you lose some

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.

When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on. Maybe your grandmom and your grandpop have something to add to the name of the child.

Very few movies remain in public memory as landmark films, and I want to see whether '3 Idiots' will be up there with some of the wonderful films that have come out of this country... Hopefully, we'll come to know in a few years whether it can become one of the great films.

I'm proud of being from Hawaii, and I'm proud of being Hawaiian, but I'm more than that, too.

I just don't believe in abortion, period. But I would never take away a woman's right to choose what's good for her body. But I still believe that when you do have an abortion, still inside, you go through a lot of stuff. It tears away at your spirit and your soul. So I don't think people think about that.

As comedians, we are all laughing because life is so horrible. Life is so difficult, and I cope with it by making jokes about absolutely everything.

I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.

To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perceptions.

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.

Modeling is more important than the talking we do.

My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.