I just have to come back tomorrow and try again, ... I have to look at the ball and keep swinging.

I'm not as good as I want to be.

What I do is see the ball, hit the ball.

I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.

As a ballplayer, you just want to feel respected. I like the way Washington presented the team to me and I feel good about what was being said.

I just have to come back tomorrow and try again, ... I have to look at the ball and keep swinging.

I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999. It just didn't feel good.