When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.

You have to take the good with the bad. Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you're doing bad you shouldn't shy away from them and when doing good, don't run up to them.

You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.

I always try to take from past performances. You never try to get too high or too low. Just play every game, just treat every game like it's the same.

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

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.

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