Alex Rodriguez Quotes

It's always hard to find the best friends in the locker room because we are all competing against each other - but the real friends you are going to definitely find off the court because we are competitors in between.

You know, sometimes guys work with other guys because they're buddies off the track, not necessarily because they're buddies on the track. Sometimes you've got that going against you or for you.

There will always be rivalry on the field. Off the field, we are friends, but on it, we have to do our job.

Misty [May] and I had something magical, and I think at the basis of that was so much trust. Especially in the really competitive situations where it really felt do-or-die, we were unbreakable. We always stuck together, even if we lost we were together.

You automatically are trusting because not only is the person a friend, they are so incredibly gifted that you know someone is going to be able to hit the ball back to you across the net.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.

I had a couple friends from all the different cliques in school, but my true friends were my gymnastics teammates. I grew up competing with them for ten years.

The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

Friendships are this fun team. You get to have partners in crime.

I love working with Chris Carmack - he's a really, really good friend of mine.

Tito Ortiz and I, in that short time that we worked together, we created a very nice connection. We became a family. I learned many things from him as he must also have learned from me. We talked as friends, and a good friend always wants your best.

Male bonding is the idea of having the confidence to say, 'I'm going to take you down.'

With me, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly, I know on-screen we are these brothers whose bond can't be broken, and we are this faction. I promise you, it's very real behind the scenes, too. I've known those guys for years. We travel together all the time; we talk every single day.

When you got a personal relationship with somebody, it's easier to work with someone.

I can joke around and do what I want and be great in my area and play around and be the best, but when I'm with Clams, he's the greatest and amazing, so I'm going to make sure I do what I've got to do.

When you are playing, you play as rivals. When off the field, we are friends. I feel that's a good thing. That's the beauty of IPL.

I know that I've got some guys I want to put in the foxhole with me, and there's a lot of 'em.

It's really important to have someone in competition for your position. Because that's the way to make each other a better player.

That's what is cool about football: you build life-long relationships.

That's what brothers do. I expect a lot from him. We always work out together. We always do everything together. I know what he's capable of doing. He knows what I'm capable of doing. When it doesn't happen, we pull each other's cards.

I want a strong team-mate and one that is challenging me.

Sheamus and I did have a rivalry and then became a team, and we went from being work acquaintances to becoming best friends.

I'm only doing my job, and if I score against Mark Hughes' team, it's nothing personal.