Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house.

My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.

Just let me do what I'm doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was. Don't try to sum up my career in one or two seasons. Let me finish it first.

It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.

I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.

But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don't like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.