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I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that.

Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.

You know, I think I'm the worst player to talk to about statistics.

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

We just kind of relied on written scouting reports through the eighties and even the early nineties. I've really been amazed by some of the data that's out there, especially with regards to tendencies of hitters, and certainly tendencies of pitchers as well. I would have loved to have gotten that data when I played.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.