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" I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field. "

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" I was probably 12 or 13 when I started doing pushups, situps, dips. "

" D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and just, 'Hey, I hope you have a great career,' and 'How are you doing, everything's good?' That's pretty much where they leave it at. "

" The full thing is God-given. I don't know how I got my swing or what I did. I know I worked every single day. I know I did as much as I could with my dad. But I never really looked at anything mechanical. There was nothing really like, 'Oh, put your hands here.' It was, 'Where are you comfortable? You're comfortable here; hit from there.' "

" I love being around my family. "

" I want to play the game hard. I want to ram it down your throat, put you into left field when I'm going into second base. "

" You don't ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the best writer you can be. Everybody has their goals. Everybody has their dreams. "

" If I had to describe myself in one word, 'Hercules.' "

" I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player. "

Baseball Player

" I expect perfection from myself. "

" Baseball needs more superstars. "

" I want my teammates to know I have their backs. "

" I eat ice cream all the time. "

" I like eating the right way, doing things the right way. I never had to have my dad come and say, 'Hey, you have to get back to the gym' or, 'Hey, you're eating wrong.' "

" I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media. "

" If you don't have dreams, you don't have a life. "

" It's not like I'm out eating McDonald's and Del Taco every night. I eat good: my mom fixes dinner every single night - baked chicken, fish - she cooks a great meal every single night. "

" Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. "

" People say, 'Weren't you deprived of your childhood?' No way. I would not take anything back at all. Everything about it was great. I got to go places, meet people, play baseball against older kids and better competition. I had a great time. "

" I love the way people talk crap. I hear it all the time. 'Overrated.' 'You suck.' I'll just do something to shut them up, like, 'I'll show you.' "

" I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat. "

" I don't want everybody to just see the baseball side of me. "

" Seriously, it takes me, like, 30 minutes to do my hair before a game. "

" Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field. "