You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.
Nobody is going to dictate our freedom.
I'm very mechanical, so if I have one thing that's going in the wrong direction when I'm hitting, it's hard for me to get a hit.
You can never fall in love with a team.
You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.
If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.
What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing.
The fans know that I don't give at-bats away.
People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.
I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.
I stress a lot, sometimes.
My parents always told me to stay away from trouble. When I moved away from them at a young age, I was fine because they taught me how to do everything right.
My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.
I never thought that buying supplements and vitamins, it was going to hurt anybody's feelings.
I know in my situation, my mind works more than everything else. I've been like that my whole career.
What happened to me should teach everybody that you should never give up on anybody.
My teammates are the best.
I'm an easy person to get along with. Even when I struggle, I have the same attitude.
Negativity doesn't help me.
I just swing hard in case I hit it -- that's it.
I guess the rules aren't for everyone.
Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.
A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.
I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.
I try to do things the right way.
I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.
Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.
Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.
Some people think I'm mean, until they get to know me.
