I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but I was swinging at even more bad pitches and missing. It looked worse. But I was thinking about [the milestone], no doubt about it.

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

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.

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.

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