I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.

I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican.

I get bored real easy. I'm so used to L.A. and the pace that when I go home now I start thinking, 'Something's not right, something's not feelin' right.' I just gotta do what I gotta do in Oklahoma and get back to the fast-paced city.

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.

When you think positive, good things happen.