I try not to have personal goals. Personal numbers is a mind-set. The only numbers I care about are in the win column.

If making an error doesn't make you mad, what's the point? Why put all the work in?

I try not to have personal goals. Personal numbers is a mind-set. The only numbers I care about are in the win column.

My mother was the biggest influence on me, without question.

I've discovered there is another life besides baseball. You have to be balanced to be a happy person.

I don't feel any pressure when I'm up there at the plate. I feel it when I'm in the on-deck circle, but when I'm in the box, it's just me and the pitcher, and I get zoned in.

I'm still very critical of myself, but I've learned to deal with it. You know that every at-bat is important, but it's not life and death.