For me, when I was a kid, volunteering was the last thing I was thinking about. When I see kids doing it now, it amazes me. It's very impressive, it gives them something productive to do as opposed to getting in trouble. For them to take time out at such a young age is remarkable. I think all kids should take a little time out to volunteer.

I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.

My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

If I'm shifted two steps toward third base and the ball goes up the middle, people say I have no range to my left. That's why those statistics aren't accurate. You're changing for every batter, sometimes with every pitch. You really can't make one statistic for every shortstop. You have to go by what you see.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.