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.

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.

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

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

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'!

You can't sensationalize a story that is a heartfelt story.

I go out there every day, take early batting practice, fly balls.