I Come To Play Everyday.

You Don't Get Better As You Get Older In Your Career. It's Not Natural To Have Your Best Years Late In Your Career. So I'm Trying To Do Whatever I Can To Keep My Body Feeling Good For As Long As I Can.

I'm Just Trying To Work Hard Every Day, Trying To Be A Better Player And One Day, To Be Right There With Them, One Of Those Special Hitters.

They Pick Me [to Be Tested For Steroids] Every Time. I Don't Know Why. I Don't Know If It's Because I'm A Big Guy, Or What, But All I Know Is All They Are Going To Find Is A Lot Of Rice And Beans.

The Docf All Started When I Made A Trip To A Local Hospital In The Dominican Republic. I Was Visiting Children Who Had Received Life-saving Heart Care Operations. I Couldn't Help But Think That In Another Life, One Of These Kids Could Be My Own Son. If It Wasn't For Baseball, I May Have Remained In The Dominican Republic And Who Knows Where Life Would Have Taken Me. It Was Then That I Knew That I Had To Use The Gift That I Received, To Play Baseball, To Do Whatever I Could To Give Back.

I'm A Winner, I Play To Win, I Want To Make Good Things Go On Around Me.