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The Royals work very hard.

Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.

Every time I take the mound, I try to win. So that's what I'm trying to do.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

I might have a great game hitting, but if I'm not having a great game fielding, if I feel like I let a guy get an extra base that I could have stopped, that's something I've got to do better, got to get better at.

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

I know where my game is. I know I'm a power hitter and an RBI guy. I need to get on base for my teammates behind me and just stick with my game. I don't try to do too much. Sometimes when you try to do too much in this game you pretty much can't do anything. And that's pretty much my mentality.

I just want to play baseball.