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

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

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'm not as good as I want to be.

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.