As a whole, when it comes to business in general, whether it's buying a building or contract negotiations or whatever it is, you have to take emotions out of it. That's what people forget.
It's kind of tough as you're playing you kind of wonder what is going to happen to you as you go through arbitration or as you go through free agency.
Even though this is a business you do have people here that you're with every day, like your family. You want to go play for them and you want to win with them. You have to find a way to do that but understand that there is a business side to it. You have to find a way to understand.
Just because you go to free agency doesn't mean you don't want to be somewhere. It's just a part of the business.
I'm not a huge vocal guy.
I like leading by example.
No matter what I say, people are going to have their opinions and there is nothing I can do about that.
I grew up in bowling alleys.
Every year you go in and you obviously want to win a World Series, at least make the playoffs.
Even in the minor leagues, I just said I'll get my little bit of time in here and then get out of here. I was going to try, though. I wasn't going to just give up. I was always going to try. I'm here. I figured I might as well try.
The more Opening Days the better. It never gets old. It's one of those things where as it comes you embrace it, get ready, you still get those butterflies, which means you care.
When you just stand for something, you kind of stand for it.
I don't hit home runs in BP.
Every game I'm out there, we're all trying to affect the game in some way.
You don't want to sell yourself short.
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some of the reasons kids would always say they want to grow up to be just like Derek Jeter.
I can't speak on anybody else's free agencies, how that's going, but for myself, it helps to kind of be patient and let it happen.
Pretty much all bowlers are nice dudes.
Fastball middle-middle. You can't miss that pitch.
