“I truly feel that if I’m swinging the way I’m capable of swinging, I can hit anybody."

"It doesn’t matter whether you hit .370 or .250 or .210—if you have a ring on your finger."

"Keep your mind open so you can learn every day."

"You’ve got to understand that there are times when you are going to fail. But you can never hang your head."

"My father was always pushing me and telling me, ‘I know you can do it.’ Well, I didn't know. But I’d try, and then I could do it. After he was right so many times, if he told me to jump off a bridge and I would be perfectly fine, I’d do it."

"There is no magical formula to winning it all. Pieces just come, and it’s a matter of peaking at the right time."

"I’m not the only one on the team that’s changed roles."

"If I had something to prove, I wouldn’t have had so many teams talking to me."

"If you’re where you want to be and you want to be part of a great organization and a great team—I have a hard time saying it’s a ‘sacrifice.’"

"My whole time in Boston, I gave everything I could, everything I knew I was about, on and off the field."

"Going to college was the best decision I ever made. It really helped me prepare for professional baseball."

"One-year deals, changing positions, I’m not worried about that."

"The biggest thing I can achieve is being part of a World Series team.
Nothing gives me greater joy than being on the field."

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