All my life in professional baseball, people said 'He could be better.

I believe I have a responsibility that goes along with the money I make. I can help a lot of people.

If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.

I'm not in the big leagues just because I'm cute.

Baseball is a game of the soul.

I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.

I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.

I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.

I’m thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.

I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That’s something I don’t have in me.

The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game.

I may not hit 50, 40 or 30 home runs, but I can do the little things like moving runners over that don't show up in the box score.

Hard work doesn't start during the game. Hard work starts the night before.

I'm lucky. I got a chance to play major-league baseball.

Its a game, and that’s how I am going to treat it.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

I know if I do something wrong, it's going to be all over the news.

A franchise player, to me, is a guy like Kirby Puckett, Cal Ripken, a guy who's been in one organization through their entire career.

I came up as a number 2 hitter. My first year I hit 16 homers, and I was like, Whoa, I'm rollin'!