I have incredible motivation to go out and improve every day.

Be respectful. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Respect the lowest rank and the highest rank and you'll never get in trouble.

Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're a good person, your name will be remembered a long time.

We (Derek Jeter and I) want to kill each other. I think we both drive each other and motivate each other. But, when we're off the field, we're like family. I think the nice thing about it is we became good friends before we even mad it to the big leagues. That makes it more of a healthy relationship.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing at any level. So, no.

I've done a lot of growing up and realized a lot of things.

You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.