I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.

It's pretty obvious there's a lot of corruption in the world right now. That takes many forms. There's economic, political, religious, social corruption. Just the manipulation that takes place with all the information that people are given, and even just the way the world is presented as this concrete block, this concrete idea that there's not really an alternative at this point in the world. You can't really go off and live your own life off in your own world.

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

I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.

Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history.

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.

The mind is a powerful thing and most people don't use it properly.