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

But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate.

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to the team.

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

Any one game in baseball doesn't tell you that much, just as any one poll doesn't tell you that much.

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.

I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.

Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.