In my opinion I really haven't done anything yet. I still have a lot to prove. I just want to prove to myself that I can play at the highest level of baseball in the world every day.

In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.

At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.

I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.

Hey, I'm serious here? Why do you have to ask me how many hits I have?

Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.

Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.