On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem.

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.

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

The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.

You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.

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

I'm not a guy that sits around and does nothing.