Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.

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.

Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.

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

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.

When you go to other parks, they hang banners for the wild-card or Eastern Division or Western Division champions. Around here, they don't hang anything unless its for being world champions.