452 Quotes by Alex Rodriguez

I don't see it as a big deal at all, ... I look at it as a new challenge. I won two Gold Gloves and an MVP at shortstop. I thought I achieved just about everything personally at shortstop. Now it's time to win. I've always thought of myself as a team player. Playing third base is the ultimate team move.

You're going to get a lot of opportunities to do a lot of damage.

Michael Jordan told me the way he kept the crown was by always outworking everyone else because he knew everyone was always coming after him. You can sneak up on people when you are 18, 19, 20. It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better.

This is an enormous deal. I have a brother who has 30 years in the U.S. Air Force and is a very high ranking officer and has been in two wars. When you wear this uniform, you have the opportunity to represent 400 or 500 million Americans.

I don't want to talk about it, so many good things happened tonight. It feels like I got stung pretty good.

He's not in awe of anything or anyone. He's very respectful, but he's been around us for a while now. He feels comfortable, and that's half the battle of being successful here -- knowing these are your peers and if you can hang with them in a social setting, the rest of it follows naturally.

I hate the word 'potential'-potential means you haven't gotten it done.

Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.

They're the most aggressive team in the American League.