Top 40 Alex Rodriguez Quotes

I’m a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can’t be gifted in everything.

In baseball 30 days is an eternity.

I went over a year without playing baseball. At 39, not playing for a year, a year and a half, there were a lot of nights I was saying, ‘This is going to be tough.’

I love the challenge of the game. I love the work. My goal right now is to have a season next year that will make people forget about this one. I’ll use things like this for motivation. I’m pumped. I’m hungry.

All I want to do is play baseball.

I’m guilty for a lot of things.

The births of my two daughters were the two greatest moments of my life.

I never like to think about going back; I only look forward.

I’m very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game.

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.

I have a big scar in my thigh from a dog bite by my German shepherd. His name was Ripper. He was trying to get in a fight with another dog, and I tried to break it up, and he got me pretty good.

It’s a game that just takes so much out of you. Every aspect of your life has to be very narrow, very focused. Everything else has to go away. And because of that, I think it’s obviously not healthy. The last thing I’m looking for is sympathy.

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.

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.

How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It’s impossible. There is nothing to knock. He’s a great defensive player. He’s a great offensive player.

I’ve played almost 22 years in the major leagues, and I’ve never sat on the bench.

I like Jay Z, Journey, and Kings of Leon.

I just want to be able to communicate with my fan base.

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

Having the respect of your peers means the world to me.

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

The more you play baseball, the less depends on your athletic ability. It’s a mental war more than anything.

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

I’ve always said I’m a teacher at heart.

I can’t really decide for other people what to think.

I don’t trust anyone except a very, very few people.

I’ve never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I’ve always been a very strong, dominant position.

I would like to help out in financial literacy for the Hispanic community and the athletic community.

I just don’t see the light. Where is the light? What am I in this for?

I had a very complex childhood, and when I met my wife, because she has a master’s in psychology, she promoted me into getting help. It really has helped. I’m not healed yet, but I’m working on some issues I had as a child.

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

What I found is that experience in the World Series made me connect more with the fans.

I’m grateful for every day.

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

I’m never happy with my performance.

I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God has given me.

This is how I define grace: you’re on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That’s where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I’m prepared.

I don’t like talking about my relationships.

I love New York.

I will say this: when you take any substance, especially in baseball, it’s half mental and half physical. If you take this glass of water and you say, ‘I’m going to be a better baseball player,’ then you probably will be.