Alex Rodriguez famous quotes

I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Baseball #Play #Lucky

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

#Sports #Work #Sweat

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Wrestling #Fuel #Fear Of Failure

This is how I define grace: youre on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. Thats where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know Im prepared.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Knowing #Grace #Looks

Be respectful. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Respect the lowest rank and the highest rank and you'll never get in trouble.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#People #Way #Want

Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Order #Roles

Like I say, it's almost embarrassing to talk about. I don't know if Michael Jordan or Bill Gates or Alexander the Great or anyone is worth this type of money, but that's the market we're in today. That's what Mr. Hicks decided to pay me, and now it's time to pay him back and win a couple championships.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Couple #Winning #Today

We have a responsibility not just as atheletes, but as members of society to treat people well. To do things the right way.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Responsibility #People #Way

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been in a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing at any level. So, no.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Baseball #Strong #Fields

I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's a job, and that's what I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid. But when you think about leaving that field, that's when the job and the demands really start. In New York, Seattle, every city. The community, the media, business stuff. You have to stay on a narrow path.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Sports #Baseball #Jobs

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Nice #Careers #Differences

I hate the word 'potential'-potential means you haven't gotten it done.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Hate #Mean #Done

Balsamic vinaigrette, Tabasco, and giblets. Then let it boil.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Tabasco

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.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Games #Two #Three

I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Believe #Winning #Games

When you think small and up the middle, good things happen.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Thinking #Good Things #Middle

You must be present to win.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Success #Winning

I guess anytime you are mentioned with Hank Aaron, it is the ultimate compliment, not only as a hitter, but obviously, the great ballplayer that he was.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Compliment #Ultimate

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.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Winning #Past #People

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

#Years #Fields #Guts

Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Good Things #Therapy

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

#Motivation #Years #Games

Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Dream #Follow Your Dreams

It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm systems and then execution on the field by the players. There are a lot of components to that (other) than just saying it is the highest salary.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Baseball #Player #Reality

Michael Jordan told me the way he kept the crown was by always outworking everyone else because he knew everyone was always coming after him. You can sneak up on people when you are 18, 19, 20. 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.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Two #Games #People

I'm focussing on what I haven't attained, not what I have. A lot has come to me early. I don't want to get consumed with that. 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. My goal is to play one full game in the now, but I haven't even gotten past the first inning yet. I start thinking about where my mom is or if my dogs have been fed. The average human has 2,000 thoughts a day. The really accomplished have 1,500 because you can focus longer. I need to learn how to focus longer.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Mom #Dog #Past

Well, Milwaukee is a special place to me. It's where I started my career playing in Appleton. Getting cheered on the road is something I haven't been use to.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Careers #Special #Use

I think it's just getting comfortable in New York City, comfortable in your own skin.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#New York #Thinking #Cities

If my life depended on it - if my daughter's life depended on it - I'd want Mariano Rivera closing. Wouldn't you?
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Daughter #My Daughter #Want

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

#Sports #Light

I kept thinking my father would come back, But he never did.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Sports #Father #Thinking

People now are beginning to cheer for me. I've never heard that before. .. Maybe things are turning a bit.
-- Alex Rodriguez

#Cheer #People #Heard