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

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

You don't get old being stupid.

I don't think much about whether fans will remember me.

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.

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.