452 Quotes by Alex Rodriguez

If my life depended on it - if my daughter's life depended on it - I'd want Mariano Rivera closing. Wouldn't you?

His ball was cutting, sinking, going up and down. He had it all working today. Usually, I see him pretty good, but he had us all talking to each other.

Seems like it was inevitable. You knew that it would come to this.

Really? Even before we play on Friday? Shoot. We're cheering for Canada, right?

I don't know if we're ready. I don't think we're July ready. But it's hard when you wear this uniform to go between the white lines and say, 'OK, I'm going to play 60 or 70 percent.' That's where I hope people don't get hurt, where your mind wants to be in July but your body is still in the middle of March.

It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm systems and then execution on the field by the players. There are a lot of components to that (other) than just saying it is the highest salary.

He throws his entire body at you with 96- to 97-mph speed. We took some good swings at him. But he has good stuff. You tip your cap to him.

So we're cheering for Canada, right? What's the spread?

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.