You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.

I don't try to hit the ball 500 feet. It looks good when you hit it 500 feet, but as long as it goes over the fence, it's a home run. When you swing hard, it takes a little bit of recognition away from you. The power you're trying to increase - you're not all the way through it with your vision.

Some people think I'm mean, until they get to know me.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

I'm the kind of a player who, if you give me something good to hit, I'm going to swing at it. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do.

I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.