Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.

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

I just swing hard in case I hit it -- that's it.

If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.

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.

I never thought that buying supplements and vitamins, it was going to hurt anybody's feelings.

I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.