“I’m too busy having fun to be mean and nasty.”

“Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks—that’s part of my game.”

“I’m an adrenaline junkie—cars, bikes, bungee jumping—whatever you’ve got.”

“I think if you act the right way, good things come back to you.”

“People ask me, What would you be doing without baseball? I don’t know...super-sizing fries?”

“I’m going to play my game and be who I am. I don’t think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.”

“How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.”

“They kicked dirt on me. They had the gravestone out. But I wasn't going to let that ruin it for me because all I've ever wanted to be was a ballplayer.”

“I wish I could be cocky enough to say I knew I could get back to this point, but I didn't know if my body was going to let me.”

"I was wrong for doing that stuff.”

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