Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.

I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower.

Everyone fears rejection.

The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.

The only legacy I want is to be thought of as a winner.

I always hear people say I give the same answers or I don’t give you much. No, I just don’t give you much negativity. When people are negative a lot, it starts to creep into your mind, and then you start having doubts, and I don’t like that. If there’s another way, show me. My job is to stay positive. My job is to limit distractions. And if you get annoyed by that, I don’t expect you to understand because you’re not in my shoes.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.