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.'

More Quotes by Alex Rodriguez

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

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.

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

Like everyone else, I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. The only way I know how to handle them is to learn from them and move forward.

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

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.