"Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that."

"That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes."

"My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it."

"You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day."

"When I go home my mother still makes me take out the garbage."