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I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

For me, feeling good is line drives to left field.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.

I've always loved the infield, because I came up as an infielder.

It's a very big mental game, all day leading up to warm-ups. You're not sure if your curveball will break, or will you be able to throw it over the plate? It's all negative thoughts going into the game.

I obviously love to run the ball.

I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent of the time. It was a pitch that I had to have. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't have been in the big leagues.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

Every time I step on the field, I step on the field to make plays.