Hearing all the time I couldn't do this and couldn't do that put a chip on my shoulder.

I can control going out and playing hard everyday and trying to improve myself, and Carlos is the same way. I can't control what Carlos does. If we're in a ballgame and he's there, I want to try to help him anyway possible and try to help the team win and I know it's the same way with him.

I can definitely see why he's such a coveted player.

I continue to go out there and work, and I want to become one of the better defensive first basemen in the league.

He's nasty. That's why the Yankees went and got him and that's why Chicago has him now. He's going to be huge for them in the playoffs.

I feel like my actions speak for themselves, whether I play well against them or not. But there is a part of me that definitely wants to play well against them.

If he says we played bad, we played bad. He's the boss.

I didn't think in my wildest dreams I'd be on any of these shows or be doing any of this like I am. I mean, it's fun, but it's kind of overwhelming and kind of shocking.

I heard that. As soon as he hit it, the place went silent so you could hear it for a little while.

I love playing first base. It keeps me in the game.