Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?

Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.

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.

Some of the longest home runs I've hit, I didn't actually realize they were going that far. Everyone says, 'What does it feel like to hit the ball that far?' Actually, there's no feeling at all. I know when the ball meets the bat whether or not it's left the park. It's a nice easy thing.

I do believe my personal spirituality, which spirituality itself I don't really equate to anything more than my personal connection with nature and the universe. With what is real, not a manmade contrivance. Finding a connection with those things through my music is something I've begun to take more seriously in order to understand why I feel that way.

I'm not here to discuss the past. I'm here to be positive...

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