Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it's Christianity, which is a very structured approach, or if it's something that's a little more open-ended... like, Zen's something you can make yourself a part of. You can interpret it for yourself, like Taoism and stuff like that.

You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an instrument or songwriting, takes years to get good at. So for me, I'm excited to start over, and yeah, I have a few talents I can build off of. But I see this as a long process; it's a marathon.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.

I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.