I dedicate all my time to baseball, because when you come from where I come from, you don’t want to risk anything.

I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999. It just didn’t feel good.

I’m not as good as I want to be.

I don’t have to get a pitch down the middle. If I like the pitch-even if it’s 15 inches off the plate, and that’s the pitch I wanted-I’m swinging.

I don’t think about how many people are watching me. I’m just happy to play baseball for myself.

I might be shy, but in the field, where I have to do my work, I do it. I let my bat speak for myself.

I don't have to get a pitch down the middle. If I like the pitch-even if it's 15 inches off the plate, and that's the pitch I wanted-I'm swinging.

I just have to come back tomorrow and try again, ... I have to look at the ball and keep swinging.

As a ballplayer, you just want to feel respected. I like the way Washington presented the team to me and I feel good about what was being said.

I'm not as good as I want to be.