I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I'll just continue to be a better player.

I hang in there all the time. I'm not afraid to be taken out. I think that's the biggest thing to do-just stay in there on the double play.

I don' really care what people think. I don't really have to prove anything to anybody. I just have to prove stuff to my teammates.

I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I'll just continue to be a better player.

I hope to play for the Red Sox a long time.

Next year I want to be better than this season, and the year after that, better than the year before.

I'm going to go out there and be who I am, and if you don't like it, then watch somebody else.