I thought about it a lot (losing the 2002 NLCS). It's something you have to go home and wrap it up because if you keep thinking about it, you're going to take that to Spring Training and you're not going to be able to concentrate on your work.

I'm a teammate guy, so whatever I can do to help my team to win like I have the past two years, that's what I want to do. If it takes for me to play first base, third base, right field, I just want to win the game.

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

I hope by the time that I'm done in this game, I can have half the numbers Stan Musial had in his career.

I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better.

Every year it gets tougher and tougher. Mentally and physically. That's why you need to train and prepare.

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.