I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.
My mom, she's still always there for me. Always.
Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.
I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'
Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.
You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.
Negativity doesn't help me.
I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.
I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
I'm the kind of a player who, if you give me something good to hit, I'm going to swing at it. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do.
I come to play everyday.
Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.
I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.
Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.
I try to do things the right way.
Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.
I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.
My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.
I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.
A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.
