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

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

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

I'm too busy having fun to be mean and nasty.

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.