The overriding thing has to be a love for people. If you don't love people, you don't care if we live in a morally degrading society. Christ is about love, and that's what we want to be about as well.

The mark of a good hitter is someone who hits the ball hard, often. And if you run into a few home runs, that's fine.

When I started to play consistently and produce consistently, that's when I knew that I could compete and do well in the big leagues.

I go game to game, at-bat to at-bat. That's my way.

The only way that we can truly have a purpose and an enriching life experience is to do all things in Christ and through the power of Christ. What happens when we're all about doing good works and we're doing that outside of the power of Christ is that we end up getting the glory and the whole point of this deal is that God gets the glory. That verse beautifully illustrates that point.

If you gave me a choice between being married and being a baseball player, that's a no-brainer. I would be married any day. I just love it.

I want to be a guy who produces runs, who drives in runs, who can beat you with a single or can beat you with a home run, who's just a tough out.