Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.
I just don't see the light. Where is the light? What am I in this for?
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.
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.
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.
John McNamara coached Alex's first Minor League team in Peoria.
In 1993, the Mariners signed Alex just hours before his first class at the University of Miami was about to start.
A-Rod hit a home run in the 1998 all star game at Coors Field.
A-Rod will turn 32 on July 26, 2007.
A-Rod earned the nickname "Error-Rod" after recording over 25 errors in 2006.
A-Rod is on pace for 600 Hrs, 2000 RBIs, and 3000 hits for his career.
At 464 HRs at age 31, A-Rod is mathematically on pace to break Hank Aaron's 32 year old home run record.
Matt Christopher wrote a biography about Alex in 2002 entitled "On the Field with Alex Rodriguez."
Despite having an "off" season in 2006, A-Rod still was 3rd in MVP voting.
Lou Piniella was A-Rod's coach the entire time he was a Mariner.
In 1997, A-Rod became just the 3rd Mariner ever to post a 20/20 season.
A-Rod said he felt guilty upon signing his contract in 2001 for over $270 million.
A-Rod played baseball, football, and basketball in high school at Westminster.
Alex ran a baseball camp for kids in 1996 with Alex Gonzalez, Alex Ochua, and Alex Fernandez.
Alex is on pace to become just the 4th player ever to record 3000 hits and 500 home runs.
The first thing Alex bought when he signed his first contract in 1993 was a brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee.
In the 1993 draft, the Mariners had originally planned to select Darren Dreifort, a pitcher.
As of 2006, Alex is 26th on the all-time home run list.
These are A-Rod's at bats per home runs in last 7 seasons 1999 AL-12.0 2000 AL-13.5 2001 AL-12.5 2002 AL-10.9 2003 AL-12.9 2004 AL-16.7 2005 AL-12.6
A-Rod won the AL Hank Aaron award in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Alex used to call his sister "Secretary of Education" because she always made sure he did his homework.
A-Rod has said that one of his favorite shows is "Law and Order."
A-Rod's favorite player as a kid, Cal Ripken Jr., also made a switch from Shortstop to Third Base.
In 1993, Scouting reports from various MLB scouts called A-Rod a "Once in a lifetime player."
$14,000 is A-Rod's estimated salary per INNING.
Alex's best friend, J.D. Artaega, pitched for Westminster High School the same years as Alex.
A-Rod's final stats for 2006: 25 HR 121 RBI 290 AVG 113 RUNS 116 HITS 15 SB
During A-Rod's free agency in 2000, the White Sox came the closest to signing Alex after the Ranger who of course did sign him.
A-Rod's father left when he was very young so his best friend J.D. Arteaga's father was his "father figure" growing up.
In 1999 Alex was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
Alex and his wife Cynthia dated on and off for 6 years before getting married.
His wedding consisted of a small ceremony in Dallas followed by a reception at his 7,500 square-foot mansion.
Alex was born on the same day as Giants first baseman Shea Hillenbrand.
Alex was featured in The Sporting News' book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players and ranked as number 70.
In 2003, Alex Rodr?guez gave $3.9 million to the University of Miami to renovate its baseball stadium.
Alex was a star baseball player at Westminster Christian High School.
A-Rod is known for signing Major Leaugue Baseball's most expensive contract.
On October 30, 2000 Alex was granted free agency.
From 2001-2004 Alex made $22,000,000 per year.
In 1999 Alex's salary was $3,112,500.
In 1997 Alex made $1,062,500.
From 1994-1996 Alex made $442,334.
In 2003 Alex won the American League Hank Aaron Award.
Alex gets his hair highlighted once every three weeks.
Alex's wife Cynthia is a high school psycologist.
In 2001 Alex won the American League Hank Aaron Award.
A-Rod loved to play ping=pong as a hobby when he was younger.
In July 2006 Alex became one of the baseball players with his picture on a Wheaties box.
As a kid Alex's parents owned a shoe store in New York City and lived in the apartment above it.
Alex was nearly a member of the New York Mets.
Alex has struggled throughout much of the 2006 season, drawing boos from some Yankee fans.
Played every game in 2001, 2002 and 2005.
Has a career .977 fielding average at shortstop.
Alex won his first ever American League Silver Slugger Award in 2005.
In 1998 Alex joined Jose Canseco as the only two players in MLB history to have more than 40 stolen bases and 40 home runs in the same season.
Alex had a career high 142 RBI's in 2002 while playing for the Texas Rangers.
Alex had signed a letter of intent to play baseball for University of Miami before being drafted by the Seattle Mariners. He also had intentions of playing quarterback for Miami's football team.
Alex has never played for a National League team.
Alex had always worn the number 3 until playing for the Yankees. That number was previously worn by Babe Ruth and had been retired so Alex switched to the number 13.
A-Rod's 48 home runs in 2005 were the most ever by a right handed player in Yankee history.
On April 26, 2005, Alex hit three home runs and drove in 10 runs in a game against the Angels.
The 2005 season was the 10th consecutive season that Alex scored more than 100 runs.
Alex gave the University of Miami $3.9 million to update their baseball stadium.
On November 18, 2004, Alex and his wife had their first child. They had a girl and named her Natasha Alexander Rodriguez.
Alex played for the United States of America during the World Baseball Classic.
Alex became a free agent after the seasons with the Mariners and declared that he wanted to go to a World Series-caliber team.
Alex and his family moved to Miami, Florida when he was eight years old.
Alex's nickname is A-Rod.
Alex grew up in Washington Heights, New York.
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