You don't ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the best writer you can be. Everybody has their goals. Everybody has their dreams.

I'll lose about 20 pounds during the season.

I think you have to be respectful to the people who want to talk to you.

Mike Trout is unbelievable. He's one of the best players in baseball right now, if not the best.

After losing LaRoche, I have to step up a little bit. I have to do what I need to do.

I think you come to watch baseball, and if you're a true fan, then you enjoy watching baseball. MLB tries to change this and change that, speed up the games, but baseball's baseball. You can't change it. It's America's pastime. It's the greatest game on earth. I don't really want to change it that much.

We're the team to beat. Everybody knows that.