I might be shy, but in the field, where I have to do my work, I do it. I let my bat speak 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.

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

I dedicate all my time to baseball, because when you come from where I come from, you don't want to risk anything.

I don't have to get a pitch down the middle. If I like the pitch-even if it's 15 inches off the plate, and that's the pitch I wanted-I'm swinging.

I want to win when the whole world is watching, ... I want to win a World Series in an Angels uniform.

When we are youths in the Dominican, we pick up bats and balls because baseball is part of what we grow up with. The fun feeling you get playing keeps your head up when you encounter difficult times.