I have more confidence than I ever have before.

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

It's going to be crazy. I'm guessing when we play against the Dominicans, half the field will be Dominican fans and half will be Puerto Rican fans. With all the big-time players in the World Classic, it's going to be huge.

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

When you're close to your family, you want to be close to them.

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.

I know there are a lot of expectations of me, and I will do the best I can.