I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right.

I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right.

Two things I really wanted to be: a stand-up comic or a New York Yankee - or a really funny New York Yankee.

Mom was so funny and loving to us kids. She was our first audience. When my dad died, I was suddenly alone in the house with her because my two older brothers were away at college. I was the man of the house, and she was the grieving woman.

My teammates were just getting me the ball in the right places. Sometimes they were doubling up on me, but we worked on that in practice. We were really spread out, so that gave me a lot of room to work.

We just feel really good right now. Now we have to get our game plan together, add to our positives and get rid of our negatives.