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I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.

I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.

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

I was always the kind of hitter that if you threw it 92 miles per hour at me, I'd hit it right back at you.

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.

I just like the ball in my hands whether I'm running it or catching it.

So along with that is spending a lot of time with the ball. For me it was, I loved to juggle the ball in my front yard, and I always challenged myself - how many juggles can I get today? I think for players to get better, it's just about spending the time.