Mark Teixeira Great Quotations

I'm always ready on Opening Day. It's been the weirdest Spring Training that I've ever had. The World Baseball Classic didn't help, but I feel great and my body feels great.

It celebrates the whole world and gives us a chance to show the world how great the game is. I'm half Italian and my name is Portuguese. The great thing about this is the United States is the melting pot.

Those are three great players, ... You can feel good about your accomplishment when you're mentioned with those players. Hitting 40 homers is a great number that not many people get to.

David's my best friend on the team, a great teammate, a great player. Everyone's going to miss him. I guess you can never have too much pitching, but it's tough to lose David.

It's great to be in a real game.

You can put up great numbers, and everybody wants to do that. But if you don't win, it's an empty feeling for yourself and your fans.