Kids today are looking for idols, but sometimes they look too far ... They don't have to look any farther than their home because those are the people that love you. They are the real heroes.
The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.
We spent a lot of money on some players.
Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I'm making.
For some reason in Spring Training, everything just clicked. You don't try to do anything in Spring Training but get ready, but things fell into place.
I might say something in Spanish; it all depends on how I'm feeling, what the situation is.
I'm pretty much the one that goes to the mound.
We've got a lot of pressure going. This is for my Latin counterpart.
We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there.
This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!
I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head.
I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.
I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.
I's taken me a great deal to get here. I don't plan on missing anything.
