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If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

The key for me is movement. When the ball comes into the box, or when the wide players get it, that's where I have to be clever and make my runs. That's where I come alive.

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

I think I throw the ball down the field pretty well, but I think I'm really accurate and make good decisions.

I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete.

But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.

I'm a championship handball player. I'm a championship softball and baseball player. I used to be an extremely talented center in high school in football. I also dabbled in lacrosse and soccer. I'm really good at billiards, darts, shuffleboard.