Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.

You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.

I'm just trying to work hard every day, trying to be a better player and one day, to be right there with them, one of those special hitters.

Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.

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

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.