I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.

I've said this before, but going and playing with the guys that have been to the World Series, the elite players of the game, there's no harm in hanging around those guys at all.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.

You try to take it game-to-game and keep working.

I don't really like the spotlight.