Jacoby Ellsbury quotes:

I'm proud to be a New York Yankee.

I weighed the pros and cons of both, and college outweighed the pro ranks at the time and I'm definitely glad I made the choice to come to Oregon State because I'm a better player for it.

I'm half Native American and half white so I think I can adjust culturally to anything.

It was fun, having speed and being able to jump. Especially playing football. I played wide receiver and defensive back.

I try to be my own player. I really haven't modeled my game after anybody.

I understand the importance of giving back, and that's something I definitely want to do.

My biggest thing is to stay with my approach and take quality ABs to the plate. I'm just trying to keep it simple.

You can't complain when people appreciate what you're doing.

Before I was drafted by the Red Sox, I really didn't know that much about them, but in talking to people, they said they weren't known for stealing a lot of bases. It's nice coming to an organization that doesn't necessarily use the run game and still have them give me the green light to steal and use my speed.