As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.

To me, the fun part of hitting is the thinking part. It's the game within the game.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

I take great pride in going out there and playing through pain.

I'm very confident in what I do, but I'd like to think I don't ever show any kind of cockiness or overconfidence.

I take positives out of negatives all the time.

I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.