I always try to overachieve. I feel I have something to prove every day.

As you get older, it gets harder to get rid of that belly but I do a lot of cardio to try to stay in shape.

The Big Hurt describes me perfectly-not as a person, but as a player. It's what I do to a baseball.

I take a lot of pitches. Some guys hate to do that.

Observe Everything. Communicate Well. Draw, Draw, Draw.

I'm not cocky. But I'm very confident.

I always took my workouts serious because I have a football background. I came from football, so when I got to baseball, I continued my football workouts in the offseason.

I just don't feel like I'm old. I still feel like I've got a lot of years, a lot to give in this game, and I'm able to do it because I love to work.

My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can.

As you get old, you live and learn.

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

Who will you choose to have your back?

The sharper the arrow the quicker the hunt.

If you don't stay relevant you will be relegated

‎"But you're the toughest son of a b!&€# i've ever seen.You never let anybody get near you.You never let anybody know what you really think.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

It's important to let your subjects be themselves.

The people of Iowa are a rare breed.

Injecting some confusion stabilizes the system.

Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.

Robinson Crusoe, the self-sufficient man, could not have lived in New York city.