I'm a simple guy, you know? If I do something, it's not going to be, 'Look at this, look at that.' It just happens.

- Mariano Rivera

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

- Mariano Rivera

I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

- Mariano Rivera

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

- Mariano Rivera

Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.

- Mariano Rivera

I don't have control over everything; God has control over everything and I trust him, so I don't worry.

- Mariano Rivera

I know, it's amazing, but I never feel like I have done anything. When people say that, it makes me uncomfortable because I'm not that kind of person…

- Mariano Rivera

I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.

- Mariano Rivera

I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.

- Mariano Rivera