At the end of the day, when all is said and done playing this game ... it doesn't matter what you did in the field, it's what you do off the field and the lives that you touch off the field.

I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.

Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic.

What I lose today I can't make up tomorrow. I have to do it today.

You know your talent. You know if you work hard, your hard work is going to pay off one day.

If I need to help my team and play a different position for that game because somebody is hurt or they want to give a day off to somebody, I'll do it.