I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.

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

I don't play to prove people right or wrong. I just want to win.

I always lift weights very heavy and spend a lot of time in the weight room.

My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

You can never pat yourself on the back during the season. Then you get complacent, stop working and let yourself slide.

I went to college for a reason, and that was to skip the minor leagues. I spent a year in the minors and got my at-bats in, and then I felt like I was ready for the big leagues.