Alex Rodriguez Quotes

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game happened to be.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.

One of the things I've learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

You only get better by playing.

Confidence is king in golf.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

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

Strikeouts are part of my game.

With every look I can get and every defense I play against I get more experience.

If you're any good at all at what you do, you get better the more you do it.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

Things change when you're fighting the best guys in the world.

Obviously, if I start bowling more, I will get better. To bowl more, I must be effective whenever I get to bowl - it doesn't matter if it is the 40th or the 100th over.

You get better as the rounds go on.

As you go along the way, you learn new things, but my basic game has remained the same. You learn about the mental aspect of the game as in how to disturb the flow of the bowlers. You get matured with experience.

I think the older we get, the better we perform.

Just as I am working hard to adjust to a new level, someone comes along and asks me to move up again. I'm not complaining about it; I just get on with trying to make sure I don't let anyone down. Training with England is just a different gravy again. Movement-wise, finishing-wise, you can learn such a lot from watching the very best in action.

I learn more from my coaches and I feel that I have continued to get better offensively. I'm like fine wine, the older, the better.

When you play against good people, that's when you focus your concentration. Your sense of urgency to be disciplined in your execution all become more critical. Sometimes you get away with doing things not quite right against lesser competition, but when you play against real good people that's when it shows up.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.

Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.