I've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can't waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.

I'm being embraced by the public, but also baseball is being embraced.

What a perfect way to end the home stand, by hitting sixty-two for the city of St. Louis and all the fans. I truly wanted to do it here and I did. Thank you St. Louis.

I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.

Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in time in meet him. Obviously, he was probably the most important sports figure in the world at that time. Hopefully, someday when I pass away, I get to meet him, and then I can really find out what he was really like.

This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.