Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Aaron Judge

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.

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.

If someone throws you a good slider, you're not going to hit it. You've got to always hunt those ones that kind of pop up or hang thigh-high or up.

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

When I was in the West Coast watching the Giants, Rich Aurilia was a guy I always liked.

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.

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

I just try and keep everything simple.

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

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.

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.

Sometimes you've got to tip your cap when they're painting stuff on the corner. But you can't give up, got to keep battling and make some adjustments.

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

You have to earn your job every day.

I just focus on what the team needs me to do to win.

I've just got to stay patient, take my walks when I can, hunt the mistakes, and get on base.

I had a lot of fun playing football and basketball, but deep down, the chess match or cat-and-mouse game between the pitcher and batter in baseball really drew me in. It's a thinking man's game, and for me, nothing can compare to that.

In my early work, my time in the batting cage, that's serious, and that's when I feel like I'm really working. That's where I have to lock in on my approach, make sure my mechanics are right, and make sure my mindset is right for the upcoming game. But then, when the game comes up, it's a game! You're supposed to have fun when you play games.

I do a lot of planks. I feel like the plank is the most underrated core workout; that's one of my go-to moves.

Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field.

I know a lot is expected of me, but I'm surrounded by some great teammates.

The biggest thing for me is I want to be consistent.

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.

When you're facing a different guy every at-bat, he's coming at you with his best stuff. There's no warm-up; there's no 'see a pitch.' You've got to be locked in from the very first pitch... The biggest thing is do your homework before the game starts.

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

To a certain extent, I enjoy failure. It's part of the game. There's always room to grow; there's room to improve.

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

I've always had that mindset of, 'OK, I may be hot this month or doing really well this month, but don't get too high, don't get too low - just enjoy it.' Don't ride the rollercoaster, basically. I always thought about it like, I'm not going to an amusement park, I'm going to a baseball field.

Everything I do, I'm always playing music. When I wake up in the morning, I'm playing music. When I'm showering, I've got music playing. When I go to the field, music is playing.

If I keep taking my good swings, swing at the right pitches, good things will happen.

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

You define great players as guys that are out there grinding, battling every day with their team.

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

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

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

Usually when you get on the sweet spot of the bat, you don't really feel it.

I really don't like splitting my workouts into lower body one day, upper body the next day - that makes me I feel like I'm working out every day, and I feel like I'm more tired during the season than I need to be.

Just being in a video game is an honor, and being on the cover, I can't really describe it.

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.'

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.

When you come to a game, it's supposed to be fun for the players and the fans.

I just like music.

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.

When you go to college the first couple years, and you kind of get beat around, you kind of think about, 'Maybe if I went to pro ball, it would be a little bit better.' Now that I look back on it, I made the right choice.

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.

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

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

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.

You're always still trying to win a job. That's everyone's mindset: come in here and fight for your job, win a job.

You have to have a great fielder at shortstop, and you've got to have a guy that has good range and good hands in center field.

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

That's why we play. That's why we train. That's why we do everything in the offseason. It is to win a World Series.

A lot of people love to watch the Yankees.

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

My main focus is, 'What can I do today to help the team win the ballgame?' You have those blinders on. It helps you focus.

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.

If I'm sitting at home playing video games, and I've got a couple of minutes to myself before bed, I'm listening to music and putting a couple of playlists together. I'm passionate about music.

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