It's good to know you're working for someone you're familiar with, who's a friend and he has your back and you have his back also.

There are certain things I can't do, certain pitches I can't hit. You stay away from them. You try to wait for pitches you can hit. The bat speed isn't what it used to be. You make up for it by using your head, working counts, getting ahead in counts and getting pitches to hit and hitting them hard.

I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.

I'm at the point in my career where to be a winner is more important than any individual things.

You know, the other day I gave all of my old Angels gear to Goodwill...and Goodwill gave it back.

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

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.