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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

Mental, Physical, Half, Baseball Player

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

Living, Winners, Consumed, Present Tense

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

Prepared, Been, Main, Smoothly

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.

- Alex Rodriguez

Big, Another, German, Shepherd

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.

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Play, Career, Athlete, Accepting

I had a very complex childhood, and when I met my wife, because she has a master's in psychology, she promoted me into getting help. It really has helped. I'm not healed yet, but I'm working on some issues I had as a child.

- Alex Rodriguez

Some, Very, Had, Healed

Babe Ruth is an icon, in sports and in our society.

- Alex Rodriguez

Sports, Society, Ruth, None

The more you play baseball, the less depends on your athletic ability. It's a mental war more than anything.

- Alex Rodriguez

Play, More, Depends, Play Baseball

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

- Alex Rodriguez

Play, Lucky, Singer, Play Baseball

All I want to do is play baseball.

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Baseball, Play, Want, Play Baseball

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

Love, Game, Next, Season

I take full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension for the 2014 season.

- Alex Rodriguez

Responsibility, Take, Season

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

Love, Gift, Given, Greatest Gift

How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It's impossible. There is nothing to knock. He's a great defensive player. He's a great offensive player.

- Alex Rodriguez

Nothing, Knock, Offensive, Defensive

Eventually, my W-2 income will wind down, and my investments can actually make that up.

- Alex Rodriguez

Will, Income, Actually, Wind

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.

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Game, I Think, Very, Everything Else

I feel like I owe the Yankee fan base my A-game.

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Yankee, Fan, Like, Base

I just want to be able to communicate with my fan base.

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Want, Communicate, Fan, Base

I would like to help out in financial literacy for the Hispanic community and the athletic community.

- Alex Rodriguez

Help, Literacy, Would, Hispanic

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

- Alex Rodriguez

Game, Play, Very, Yankees

I've played almost 22 years in the major leagues, and I've never sat on the bench.

- Alex Rodriguez

Never, Bench, Major, Major Leagues

When I entered the pros, I was a young kid in the major leagues. I was 18 years old, right out of high school. I thought I knew everything, and I clearly didn't.

- Alex Rodriguez

Thought, Young, Leagues, Major Leagues

You get to a point where you get tired of being stupid and selfish and not being honest with yourself.

- Alex Rodriguez

Stupid, Selfish, Get, Being Honest

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

Game, Before, Established, Pitches

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

Year, Over, Half, Nights

There's absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays. Willie Mays, he's the greatest baseball player of all time.

- Alex Rodriguez

Willie, Anyone, Else, Baseball Player

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

Hope, Enjoy, Given, Gifts

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.

- Alex Rodriguez

My Life, Move, Everyone Else, Move Forward

I've had a Ph.D. in saying dumb things over the years.

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Dumb, Over, Things, Saying

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

- Alex Rodriguez

Year, Field, Left, Guts

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