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.

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

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

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 love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

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.

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.