I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.

I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.

I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.

I wanted the challenge of competing against the best players in the world.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me. I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I'd rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out.