“This is like a dream. I don’t want it to ever end.”

“It’s an honor playing for Bobby Cox.”

“It’s great to be a part of it and be a part of this tradition.”

“I am actually trying to learn to walk a little bit. How about that? They’ve made adjustments to me and now I have to make adjustments. It’s going to take some time to learn when they are going to let me beat them or make someone else beat them. I need patience.”

“I’m a different hitter than Chipper Jones. He goes up looking for certain pitches to hit. I go up there looking for something over the plate and try to hit it hard.”

“When we won the World Series in ’95, I went nuts. I mean, that was my team.”

“To me, it’s all about confidence.”

“A lot of people just thought I'd be a .260 hitter all my life. I was kind of like, 'Let me make some adjustments and let me learn the game a little bit.'”

“I think I've made it known to everybody that I want to be here for a long time.”

“I think the thing I'm most excited about is the fact that I was able to, for the most part, change pitchers' mindsets about what kind of hitter I am.”

“I'm not going to sit here and make predictions, but I feel like our team is just as good as the other two teams in our division.”

“I think if everyone is clean, then who cares about how you're tested?”

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