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" If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that. "

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" Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy. "

" Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play. "

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" The fans know that I don't give at-bats away. "

" I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball. "

" I stress a lot, sometimes. "

" I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit. "

" Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture. "

" I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive. "

" All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do. "

" Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself. "

" I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything. "

" I've always been my own hitting coach. "

" I come to play everyday. "

" I'm the same guy I've always been. I'm the same guy now as when I was hitting 50 home runs. I don't change. "

" I try to do things the right way. "

" What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing. "

" I know in my situation, my mind works more than everything else. I've been like that my whole career. "

" Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal. "

" My mom, she's still always there for me. Always. "

" I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it. "

" My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing. "

" I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me. "

" My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing. "

" I just want to play baseball. "

" You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better. "

" You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up. "

" People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair. "

" I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet. "