A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.

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

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

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

Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.

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