Aaron Judge

“I just felt like Adidas was a brand that really fit me. Not only are they on the field, but off the field stuff.”

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

“I've just got to go in there and get some quality at-bats and do my job and help the team win any way I can.”

“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.”

“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 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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“That's one thing that's a passion for me: teaching.”

“I'd rather be in a good position in the playoffs and holding up a World Series trophy than holding up an MVP trophy.”

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

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

“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.”

“For me, it's just about taking it one at-bat, one pitch, one play at a time.”

“Ever since I was a little kid, that intrigued me. The game within the game was the biggest thing. A lot of people don't see the little things we do within a game.”

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

“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.”

“During the season, I usually work out two or three times a week. I'll do a full-body workout after games. I plan it out the day of.”