I'm not a real vocal guy, but sometimes you need to kick someone in the ass.

I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's a job, and that's what I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid. But when you think about leaving that field, that's when the job and the demands really start. In New York, Seattle, every city. The community, the media, business stuff. You have to stay on a narrow path.

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now.

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.

I'm not impulsive at all - except about buying clothes. That's my biggest weakness.

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

Baseball has a funny way to tap you on the shoulder when you least expect it and tells you it's the end.