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I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.

The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

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

Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.

Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.

I was always interested in baseball. In fact, in my younger years, I played it in an amateur way. But up to the time when I became identified with the Yankees, I was a strong National League rooter.

You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium.

I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed.