I have a relationship with Christ. It allows me to handle situations better. It allows me to treat people better and it allows me to have a better mental attitude towards baseball.

Education is very important to me, as is helping children.

The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.

I have confidence that whatever I set in my mind will happen. Everything I strived for I reached.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.

I think everybody out there on the American team is out of their element. That's not an excuse. That's the way it is. It's early in the spring. A lot of guys are not as (locked-in) as they could be.