I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.

Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.

Winning depends on where you put your priorities. It's usually best to put them over the fence.

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

Unfortunately, the rumors are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything. That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball.

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.

We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it.