147 Quotes by Mark Teixeira

As much as you don't like disciplining your kids, you have to sometimes. Kids want that structure, that leadership, that guidance. I think that's what I try to give my children.

It's a real honor to be included among the list of finalists, when you see the names that are there, ... Some of the guys who won the Hank Aaron Award in the past are thought of as some of the best players in the history of the game, so just to be included with those guys is really gratifying.

It's tough when your No. 2 starter goes down, and you trade the most popular guy in the clubhouse. A lot of things happen over the course of the year. Hopefully, good things will happen.

David's my best friend on the team, a great teammate, a great player. Everyone's going to miss him. I guess you can never have too much pitching, but it's tough to lose David.

It's great to be in a real game.

It's crazy and it's funny. It's an outrageous comment, an outrageous claim.

It was nice to break through and get a lot of runs.

It's very encouraging. We have been waiting for this for a lot of years, and for the first month of the season, we've gotten exactly what we've been looking for.

It took me 16 at-bats. I told these guys it's not that easy.