I Don't Think Much About Whether Fans

You Fool Around With Different Pitches Playing Catch, But It's Not The Same When You've Got To Face Some Guy With A Bat In His Hand.

The First Time I Picked Up A Bat In A Professional Game, I Hit A Ball Hard Left-handed, And My First Home Run Was So Effortless, It Surprised Me.

For Me, I Tend To Sit Back Sometimes And Just Count My Blessings Because Of How Long I've Played.

I've Been On Teams That Lost A Hundred Games In A Season. I've Been On Teams That Had A Shot To Make The Playoffs And Fizzled Out At The End.

The Toughest Thing In Hitting Shouldn't Be Deciding When To Swing. It Is, For Me, Deciding When Not To Swing. You Should Be Swinging From The Time You Get Into The Batter's Box Until Something Says Don't Swing.