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I heard Tony Bennett say that when you're a big deal early on, you have to maintain that level forever, and it's very scary. You have to keep hitting those home runs, turning out hits.

I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.

I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.

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

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life, generally.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

I wouldn't describe myself as a home run hitter. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives.