I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'

I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet.

I'm very mechanical, so if I have one thing that's going in the wrong direction when I'm hitting, it's hard for me to get a hit.

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 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.

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.

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