You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.

You never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen there... and often does.

I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.

Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.

I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.