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

Everybody used to say that baseball players can't dress and athletes can't dress. You know, a lot of athletes now are trying to prove everybody wrong, though there are some athletes that try too hard and try to do over-the-top things. But me, I try to be simple and just make whatever I'm wearing look good.

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.

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.

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

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.