We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.

I can't concern myself with what's going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that's when you get yourself in trouble.

Good teams I played on... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing.

Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency.

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.

I like being close to the bats.