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.

They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans.

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

I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.

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

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.

All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.