Quotes from Aaron Judge

If my barrel meets the ball, I think good things are going to happen.

For me, the strike zone has always been, If it's something I can drive, it's most likely a strike. I feel like if it's a ball I really can't do much with, it's most likely a ball. So that's just always been my approach.

If they are going to nibble and try to go below the zone or off the plate a little bit, I want to try and get a pitch in the zone that I can do damage on.

I just take it one day at a time, try to forget about what I did the day before. Go out there like every day is Opening Day.

The mental game is what separates the good players from the great players. So anything I can do to get that mental edge to help me stay my best, I'm gonna try and do it.

Repeating, trying to repeat success - it never gets easier.

They just brought it up to me and said, 'Hey, this is what we're going to do.' They're going to put out a section and call it Judge's Chambers and give them little judge outfits, and we'll see what happens. I think it turned out great.

The biggest thing is, you don't hit the good sliders; you just hit the mistakes. That's what my thing has always been: Just keep hunting mistakes.

Music, I feel like, affects people's moods.

Defensively, hitting-wise, running the bases. There's always room to improve. That motivates me to get a little better every day.

That mindset never changes. It should never change. If you've been in the league for 14 years or been in the league not even a day, you should have that mindset that you're going to go out there and prove yourself and earn a spot.

Even in the Minor Leagues, I thought you have to go out and earn a spot. Nothing is ever given to you.

You can never come into the spring feeling like you've got a guaranteed spot. Once you do that, you kind of get stagnant, and someone's going to pass you up.

If I know it's going over the fence, I am going to start jogging and just get around the bases and get back in the dugout.

44 is a number I really like.

The ups and downs, that's baseball life. That's what I live for, play for.

I think it was like, 'I don't look like you, Mom. I don't look like you, Dad. Like, what's going on here?' They just kind of told me I was adopted. I was like, 'OK, that's fine with me.'

People strike out. I strike out a lot - it happens. Just got to keep working.

That's why you get three of them. Say you get one that you don't think is a strike, and they call it on you: that's why you get two more.

Once it gets to two strikes, it's time to battle, put something in play, and try to get the job done.

I have a short time to play this game. I'm trying to get every ounce of it out of my body.

I think that is one thing I've picked up: follow a routine, be consistent, and everything is going to fall in place. If you are scrambling around, and you are late for stuff, that adds extra stress, and you have to go out there and hit a 97 mph fastball.

Being around veteran leaders such as CC Sabathia and Brett Gardner really helped me.

There should always be competition. You should never feel comfortable, no matter where you are at. If you are a 10-year veteran, you should not feel comfortable. For me, that kind of just drives me, that kind of unknown of what is going to happen. The unknown is kind of what drives me.