I pray to God to be a great player, but I want to keep my life.

I can't change something that I've been all my life. But I can work to express myself and talk more.

When I was in Kansas City everything was going well for me. My marriage was good and I was very successful in baseball but something was missing in my life. That something was Christ. Every human being is born with a little defect in his heart. That defect is a hole in the heart that can only be filled by Jesus Christ.

My mom and dad gave me everything they could have given me.

I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs.

I learned that I have to work hard every day, that I can't get down if I get in a slump.

Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.