Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.
I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.
My God. . . What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.
My character - and for that matter my worst habits - could only be described by someone else. You can't open a box with the crowbar inside it.
I think you gotta have balls to be an Avenged fan sometimes. A lot of our fans get hated on just as much as us. To me Avenged fans aren't just fans of a band, they are fans of everything that surrounds it, like a life style. We live it, you live it. You go to the shows and you can feel it. It's a great experience and people that aren't involved will never understand. So they can stand on the side lines and talk, but we will continue to do just what makes us happy.
I know what tournaments I'm going to be in, and I know that I don't have to qualify for pretty much anything. That's a huge relief. But I don't really set that many goals, I just want to have fun out there and enjoy what I do. When a win comes, a win comes.
It's like America has a dog that's always shitting inside the house, and we solved the problem by getting a brown rug.