Mark Teixeira Quotes

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• No matter what I do on the baseball field, no matter how hard I try to be a good player, no matter how hard I try to be a good father or a good husband, I can never do enough. I can never be perfect in this world. But God's there to tell me that it's not what you do, it's whom you believe in and it's Him loving me.

  Mark Teixeira

  Baseball, Husband, Father

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

  Mark Teixeira

  Baseball, Dream, Player

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• I didn't realize how much I loved the game until I couldn't play it.

  Mark Teixeira

  Games, Play, Realizing

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• Home runs come in bunches. You can go two weeks without one or hit four in a week. Sometimes, you just feel that stroke for a week or two weeks straight.

  Mark Teixeira

  Running, Home, Two

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• My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.

  Mark Teixeira

  Sports, Memories, Dad

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• You can never completely get it - being a Christian - but I think I really got it when my first son was born in 2006. I just realized the love that God has for all of us. It was seeing my son born and knowing the unconditional love that I have for him.

  Mark Teixeira

  Christian, Son, Unconditional Love

  "New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira on God’s forgiveness". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. July 5, 2011.

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• I have confidence that whatever I set in my mind will happen. Everything I strived for I reached.

  Mark Teixeira

  Mind, Have Confidence, Happens

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• To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.

  Mark Teixeira

  Baseball, Play, League

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• I've waited a long time to be part of a franchise like this [the Yankees].

  Mark Teixeira

  Yankees, Long, Long Time

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• Every time I pray, I ask for forgiveness. I'm a sinner. I sin every single day. But I do know that God loves me. I do know that God forgives me. It helps me in my every day life because there's nothing anyone can do to me that I can't forgive them for.

  Mark Teixeira

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Helping

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• I'm so excited about the new [Yankee] stadium!

  Mark Teixeira

  Yankees, Yankee Stadium, Excited

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• I always lift weights very heavy and spend a lot of time in the weight room.

  Mark Teixeira

  Weight, Rooms, Heavy

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• I think everybody out there on the American team is out of their element. That's not an excuse. That's the way it is. It's early in the spring. A lot of guys are not as (locked-in) as they could be.

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  Spring, Team, Thinking

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• I have sensitive skin, so I don't use regular razors. The Yankees make us stay cleanly shaven!

  Mark Teixeira

  Yankees, Skins, Use

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• The Red Sox didn't handle negotiations with any kind of respect for me and my family, and the Rangers were the total opposite.

  Mark Teixeira

  Opposites, Red, Kind

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• There are always things to improve on. I want to improve on my defense, and you can never be a perfect hitter. I want to focus on just playing more and being able to improve on all parts of my game.

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  Games, Perfect, Focus

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• I have no problem with the arbitration process.

  Mark Teixeira

  Arbitration, Problem, Process

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• I enjoy spending time with my family. And when my family's not around, when I'm on the road, a lot of sleep. I get my rest. I understand how important my job is and how important rest is to that job. I'm pretty boring.

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  Jobs, Sleep, Important

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• Baseball is a game of failure. There are plenty of opportunities to be down, or to feel sorry for yourself, or to be upset at somebody or upset at yourself.

  Mark Teixeira

  Baseball, Sorry, Opportunity

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Being from Baltimore, I'm a crab cake snob, and I'm very particular on where I eat my crab cakes.

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  Cake, Baltimore, Crabs

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• I've been very fortunate to play for four great organizations, but New York really takes the cake. Wearing the pinstripes is something that's very special to me, and it's the greatest organization in sports history.

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  Sports, New York, Cake

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• College was a blast. My three years of college were the best years of my life.

  Mark Teixeira

  College, Years, Three

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• I love Tumi because of the lifetime guarantee. And their luggage is just so solid. Looks good. Versatile. My carry-on bag is Tumi. My hanging bag is Tumi. My big suitcase is Tumi. All black. Love it.

  Mark Teixeira

  Black, Bags, Looks

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• I really expect a lot of myself.

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• I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon, and I wanted to make a difference soon.

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  Differences, League, Making A Difference

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