You can't listen to what people say about you. If you do, you're never going to get anywhere in life.

Pressure is only what you make of it and what you put on yourself.

The last few weeks we had been playing poorly, but hopefully we can ride this all the way through Halloween.

When you're getting $2,000 a month in the minors, it's hard not to eat Taco Bell every day.

Baseball people think they can find athletes with good bodies and teach them to play baseball. What's wrong with giving someone who already knows how to play baseball a chance? I think I fall into that category.

I've had to work for everything I have, and I'm not going to stop. The minute I feel I've made it, I'm done.

All I know is that when I come to the ballpark I'm going to be on time and give 100 percent. I know that I have to do that to keep my job.