It's so much easier when you've got guys on base and the whole offense is clicking.

I'm not really satisfied. I've done all right, but there's room for improvement.

North Dakota is a great state. Everybody is real supportive up there. I couldn't ask for a better place to call home.

I'm not one for a lot of media attention.

I hated farm work. I always got stuck with the jobs my father and brother didn't want to do.

If you work hard, good things will happen. I will never be in a situation where if I fail I can look back and say, 'If I'd only worked harder.'

I read a lot of Socrates in the off-season. Don't print that, or it'll ruin my rep.