Best Alex Rodriguez Quotes

Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.

Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're a good person, your name will be remembered a long time.

Be respectful. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Respect the lowest rank and the highest rank and you'll never get in trouble.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you don't have a chance.

Getting the contract helped me more than anything. I was concerned around the trading deadline and thought the Mariners would trade me for either (Jaime) Moyer or (Pat) Hentgen.

I'd rather have a Gold Glove (Award) than a Silver Slugger (Award). Defense is so much more of a team game and one of my goals this year was to make fewer than twenty-five errors.

You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

I'm finally beginning to grow up. I'm pretty tired of being stupid and selfish, you know, about myself.

Cash is like oxygen: you need it, but you don't need too much of it. You'd rather have your money in great businesses.

Stay away from drugs and alcohol and all that. Make school a priority. Don't overlook academics.

Do things the right way

It takes a lot of pressure off you just to go out and play, and your talent sometimes shines even more when you don't worry about individual stuff.

I've been Michael Jordan in Latin countries for years. I know what I mean to all Latinos and what this game means to them. Baseball is in their blood.

I'm focussing on what I haven't attained, not what I have. A lot has come to me early. I don't want to get consumed with that. Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. My goal is to play one full game in the now, but I haven't even gotten past the first inning yet. I start thinking about where my mom is or if my dogs have been fed. The average human has 2,000 thoughts a day. The really accomplished have 1,500 because you can focus longer. I need to learn how to focus longer.

Whether I hit .260 or .320, the bottom line here is to win.

I've never experienced- besides the birth of my two daughters-the feeling of winning a world championship in New York in the new stadium. It's something I'll never forget.

Eventually, my W-2 income will wind down, and my investments can actually make that up.

If my team could win and I hit .240, I wouldn't care. The only thing I want to do is win. That's what I play the game for.

When I grew up, baseball was the No. 1 sport.

Babe Ruth is an icon, in sports and in our society.

Playing the game was the easy part. The real work was in the preparation.

I've done a lot of special things in this game, and for none of that to be considered clutch, it's an injustice.

I do my best hitting when I'm walking. That means I'm relaxed and my pitch recognition is a lot better.

I guess anytime you are mentioned with Hank Aaron, it is the ultimate compliment, not only as a hitter, but obviously, the great ballplayer that he was.

I had a great year and left my guts out on the field.

I want to build a positive image that will last my career.

I've learned in my career, it is much better to be recognized for all the great things you do on the field.

People now are beginning to cheer for me. I've never heard that before. .. Maybe things are turning a bit.

When I entered the pros, I was a young kid in the major leagues. I was 18 years old, right out of high school. I thought I knew everything, and I clearly didn't.

No athlete ever ends his or her career the way you want to. We all want to play forever. But it doesn't work that way. Accepting the end gracefully is part of being a professional athlete.