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.

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.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.

If I'm in the car after a bad game, I may think about ways I need to improve. But the second I reach home, the game's over. Work doesn't come inside with me. Same thing in reverse - I don't bring my personal life into the ballpark. Learning to keep it all separate has made life easier.

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