Quotes from Aaron Judge

If you have a good music tone of the day, it puts everybody in the right mindset.

In baseball, you have to remain calm, cool, and collected. In football, you can let out a little anger sometimes. It was a fun game, and I liked it, but I knew in my heart I was going to play baseball.

I just try and keep everything simple.

I kind of wish I would have been able to see the old Yankee Stadium after seeing the new one.

To put on the pinstripe - it's extraordinary. Just being able to play one game with the Yankees is quite an honor.

A lot of people love to watch the Yankees.

Ever since I got drafted by the Yankees, I've been working on my swing.

My goal every year is to come in and be consistent. It doesn't matter if it's the first game of the year or it's the last game of the year.

Fighting for a job - that's been my mindset every Spring Training.

It doesn't really matter the score or the situation: I got a job to do.

You have to earn your job every day.

I got a job to do on the field.

Some guys, first pitch of the at-bat gets called a strike - maybe it's a ball off or below their knees, and it gets called a strike - and then the next two pitches, they swing at balls in the dirt, and all of a sudden, they're yelling at the umpire about that first pitch. You just swung at two balls in the dirt, buddy.

I know I wouldn't be a New York Yankee if it wasn't for my mom: the guidance she gave me as a kid growing up, knowing the difference from right and wrong, how to treat people and how to go the extra mile and put in extra work, all that kind of stuff.

When I think about 2017, I feel like it was just another year. It was a whirlwind, but I wouldn't have wanted it to play out any other way. I'm glad I was in New York. There's nowhere else I would rather play, and there's no other group of teammates that I would rather be around.

I love the city of New York. It's kind of fun. I grew up in the country, so I'm getting a little change of pace. The city has been great.

The New York Yankees' organization - they train us well from the get-go. They tell us how to handle everything.

I talked to a few schools about playing football, but I had already pretty much made my mind up. I fell in love with baseball at a young age, and I knew that that's what I wanted to do.

If your team is in the trenches, you've got to be in the trenches with them.

You never hit a good slider or curveball; you just try to go after the mistakes.

As a kid growing up in California, I collected autographs.

When I was younger, I'd always forget stuff. I think there was probably 4-5 times where we'd drive 30 minutes to a town for the baseball tournament, and all of a sudden, I'd get to the field and look in my bag, and I didn't have my cleats. So my dad had to race all the way home to get my cleats and get back before the game started so I could play.

That's your dream, to play professional baseball. When you get the opportunity like that, getting drafted - especially by Oakland, a California team, pretty close to home - it was tempting. At the time, I just didn't think I was ready or mature enough mentally or physically to start pro ball.

If I'm making consistent contact, even if they're outs or right at somebody, if I'm just making consistent contact, I'm happy.