Kirby played every day. You feed off of that. When you think of Kirby, you think of motivation. Im definitely going to dedicate this year to him.

My faith is what makes me strong. Without faith, there are only low times.

With faith, I know that everything will be taken care of. Even the difficult times become learning experiences to help make my faith stronger.

I attribute being a good center fielder to many things, but being outside with friends as a kid, running around and racing, that was a big part of it.

I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once special coach Tony Oliva and former Twins coach Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function.

People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors.

Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.