452 Quotes by Alex Rodriguez

Baseball has a funny way to tap you on the shoulder when you least expect it and tells you it's the end.

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

It looked to me like he had a little hop in his fastball. I was trying to slow the game down, get a good pitch, get the ball down in the strike zone and then stay inside of it--and I just got lucky.

The contract is something I'm really proud of, ... It doesn't bother me at all. I think it's really symbolic of my hard work and what I've done as a player and the unique challenge that I do have and continue to try and harness every year.

It was a miracle we won the division. By the time we got to Boston last year, we were so deliriously tired because we dug too big a hole. We don't want to get ourselves in that situation again.

We don't want to give any at-bats away. We had tonight what we have to have, a blue-collar approach.

It was nice the way we responded today.

We don't want to be in that situation again. We realize that was way too big a hole that we built ourselves and it was a miracle that we actually won the division. We know that every game in April shows up in September.

I've got to take a long look in the mirror because I didn't do my part. I mean, you win and lose as a team, but I didn't show up.