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

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

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

I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.

I try to do things the right way.

My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

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