When it’s all said and done, I want to be able to say I got the most out of my potential. I don’t want to look back, however many years from now, and say, ‘I wonder if I would have worked a little harder. I wonder if I would have done this or done that, how things would have turned out.’ I want to, when it’s all said and done, be able to put my head on my pillow and say, ‘I did everything I could do — good or bad.’

I take positives out of negatives all the time.

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.

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

When you don't win I think you have to evaluate everybody.

Baseball is the reason I have my apartment, baseball is the reason I'm on the cover of video game. Baseball is what I do.