I've always favored kids as a player. If I walked out of the locker room and there were 100 people there and 50 of them were kids, I'd sign the 50 kids before anything else.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played.

You don't get old being stupid.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

I think hitting is more a mentality than a philosophy. A philosophy is somebody telling you the way they think it should be. Well, different people believe in different things. My thing is this: Be ready to hit.

The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me.