It doesn't matter if I hit a home run. It doesn't matter if we win a game. It doesn't matter if I go four for four. Whatever happens at the end of the day, as long as I glorify His name, that's what it's all about.

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

I'm going to be prayerful about it. Whatever decision I make hopefully is the best decision I can make for my family and the fans and everybody.

I trust that I can hit a fastball, that I can hit any pitch they throw to me.

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.