I'm not playing, am I? That tells you how I feel. |
I'm playing every day. I still want to win. |
I'm sure everybody in a family has a person in their family that has a problem ? drug related or whatever. He happens to be the one. It's just one of those things where when he hurts, I hurt. |
I've had this happen before. I'll give it one day and be ready to go (today). |
I've had to deal with things like this [before]. I can handle it. |
I've hit third all my life. But I'm hitting fourth for the Yankees. You can't beat that. |
I've never had an organization come to me and say, 'Eventually, we're going to take care of you. I've never had anyone say, 'I'm going to take care of you.' Why shouldn't I be happy? That's a first for me in 17 years. |
I've really never got comfortable. I'm not comfortable. I'm not allowed to be comfortable. That's the reality of my situation. I always have to play with my back against the wall. |
I've tried (to help). I've put him in rehab. I've spent a lot of money to do that. I've been there for him. But it comes to a point where you've just got to let him go through what he's got to go through. The family has tried everything. |
If I have to go somewhere else, a lot of things are going to have to be changed or you're going to have an unhappy player, If I'm not happy, you don't want me on your team. It's that simple. I'll make that known to anybody. |
If I have to, I will. I'll do whatever the law (requires) me to do, but other than that, it's a waste of my time. |
If you look at the type of swings I've been taking the last couple of days, I'm right where I need to me. If I'm healthy, I'll be fine. That has always been the case with me. |
Imagine if you came to work and you wanted to be positive, and somebody made a positive situation negative. I don't want to be negative. I've been fighting for 17 years, always negative. Why can't I have something positive done? |
It did help. I didn't have to think about defense. I felt good today. I felt strong in my last at-bat. |
It doesn't matter. I look at it like this, the start of the season I'll do what I've always done. That's it. |