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.

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

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

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?'

I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

[Clayton Kershaw ] is intense. He's a competitor.He's extremely fun to play behind.

The majority of the time with two strikes I'll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as short as possible. It doesn't always work out like that, but that's the goal.