My girls are great at making fun of Dad. They’re never impressed with anything I do. I love that. I hope that never changes. – Alex Rodriguez
Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but without it you don’t have a chance. – Alex Rodriguez
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. – Alex Rodriguez
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.’ – Alex Rodriguez
When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day. – Alex Rodriguez
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. – Alex Rodriguez
I’m very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game. – Alex Rodriguez
I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God has given me. – Alex Rodriguez
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. – Alex Rodriguez
My father played baseball. That’s what I know to do. That’s my gift. God has given me the greatest gift. And that’s what I love to do. – Alex Rodriguez
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. – Alex Rodriguez
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. – Alex Rodriguez
