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

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" I just want to play baseball. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

Looking Forward

" I'm the kind of a player who, if you give me something good to hit, I'm going to swing at it. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do. "

" I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.' "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates. "

" Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons. "

" I come to play everyday. "

" I try to do things the right way. "

" You can never fall in love with a team. "

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

" I stress a lot, sometimes. "

" 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. "

" Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times. "

" 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 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'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. "