You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.

I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate.

You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.

I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.

Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.

Nobody is going to dictate our freedom.

They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans.