I want to be a professional athlete who plays for the love of the game, never quits trying to give my best and is a good role model for all of the kids who look up to baseball players.

It's always fun to compete against the best.

I just think it's part of life: try to be a good teammate.

To play meaningful games and try and win a division, a pennant, a World Series, that's what it's all about. That's the thing I'm most proud of.

I grew up a lot by going to college. I was still really immature.

In college and high school, you're always taught to hit the ball on the ground and on a line.

In order to be great in this game, you have to be good for a really long time, and to be good, you have to constantly win.

I'm not going to win games by talking about it. Just by doing it.

There are a lot of things I want to accomplish in this game. Winning is right there at the top.

I'll play wherever they want me to play -anywhere on the field. Do anything to help the team win. Whether that's playing left field or third base or wherever, I don't care.