My mother made sure we stayed involved in the church and the things of God. My relationship with Christ came about through that and the influences of my mother and grandmother helped my faith to grow.

I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on.

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.

To catch a ball, I'd commit suicide.

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.

When I see that little white ball go up, I want to catch it, no matter what. If I have to knock myself silly doing it, so be it.

Now you have kids that say, 'I wanna be Torii Hunter one day.' Man, I love that.