Mariano Rivera Quotes

I don't want to pitch forever.

That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.

God is good for everybody. The sun shines on good people and bad people, and it rains on both, too. God doesn't choose rain only for bad people.

I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts.

I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.

There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.

I don't feel invincible because I'm human.

You can't second-guess baseball. You can't second-guess yourself.

I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.

Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick.

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.

I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.

I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.

I think the good Lord is a Yankee.

I don't wait for people to give me respect. I always give them respect.

My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.

I listen to Christian music.

If I have to win one game, I'd have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman.

I am convinced that being fully committed to the moment, without any worries about the past or projections into the future, is the best attribute a closer can have. You wonder why the shelf life of so many short relievers is, well, so short? Why guys can be unhittable for a year or two and then disappear? It's because it takes a ton of concentration, and self-belief, to stay in the moment in this way and not let the highs and lows mess with your psyche.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

I like a calm life where nobody bothers me.

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do.

Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect.