I play to represent God, something bigger than baseball.

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.

What motivates me more than money are God and my family.

People from other teams want to play in St. Louis and they're jealous that we're in St. Louis because the fans are unbelievable. So why would you want to leave a place like St. Louis to go somewhere else and make $3 or $4 more million a year? It's not about the money. I already got my money. It's about winning and that's it. It's about accomplishing my goal and my goal is to try to win. If this organization shifts the other way then I have to go the other way.

I don't play for records.

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

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