I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.
Stay inside the ball, put the barrel on it, and swing hard.
I have my faith in God. I was told to be humble before him. Don't boast about what you have done. Don't put credit in your own hands. You have to realize He got you there.
Maybe I'm in the wrong sport. I should go to Australia and play fast-pitch softball.
I think it's like any other job. If you want an extension as a reporter or a media guy or whatever you want to do, I think you are going to open up your ears to talking about a raise or whatever it might be. I'm in the same position.
I love being on the field. I love competing. But I'm not a fan of everything that comes with it.
We have our great days and our bad days. No matter what bad day I go through or strike out four times in a row, I still want to have that great attitude and go after the game and go talk to the kids and not worry about the game and let them know that this is what matters.
How am I different than anyone else? I'm a human being, and I have my faults, too.
I'm not a fan of people coming in the clubhouse.
I'm not a fan of everyone treating you different because you play a sport.
You just can't label one player as an MVP. There are nine guys on the field.
I don't watch baseball - it's too long and boring.
I play baseball. I don't deal with trades, free agency, any of that stuff.
I care about my future, of course, but whatever happens, happens.
We're out here playing a game and I'm not one to take it like super, super serious.
As a human, yeah, it's awesome. You grow up and you are in Little League, and you want to make the all-star team; you go to college, and you want to make the all-star team. So any normal person would want to do it on the biggest stage and highest level. And I'm a normal person. I haven't changed there.
Obviously, I want to win, but at the same time, at the end of the day, it's a game and that's what I'm going to treat it as.
People treat us and they put us on this pedestal like we're so much better human beings than them because we play a professional sport.
I just happen to know how to hit a baseball and throw a baseball. But I probably couldn't go into somebody else's job and be as good as they are but no one's praising them about it.
I've always been calm, as long as I can remember.
