People always ask me how I can hit the ball so far, and I say, 'I just swing.' It's the coaches who first told me I had good bat speed. I was just swinging, and I guess it was fast. I'm pretty fast at everything.

You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself.

The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.

I tell you, revenge plays a big part in momentum down here.

Life is too short to worry about anything

If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything. I believe everything happens for a reason. If you are strong from within, you can will anything. I'm a firm believer that where there's a will, there's a way.

Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.' Why not me? Why does tragedy always have to hit someone else?