That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks and can't run, most of the time they're clogging up the bases for somebody who can run.

I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.

That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.