A lot of guys are free swingers, but I'm up there looking for a specific pitch.

I'm not cocky. But I'm very confident.

You just can't wake up out of bed and think you can figure out a gym. You definitely need some personal training.

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

As you get older, it gets harder to get rid of that belly but I do a lot of cardio to try to stay in shape.

I do feel I was overshadowed by some of those guys (who took steroids) . . . I had a diminished-skills clause written in after I hit 29 home runs and drove in 92 RBIs, and I think those (steroid-aided home run hitters) are partly to blame.

The Big Hurt describes me perfectly-not as a person, but as a player. It's what I do to a baseball.