I'm a small-town guy, and moving to a huge city might be an adjustment.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.