These people lost too much, … Sometimes there are just no words to explain. I got tired of watching the news because every time I watched it, I would get discouraged and get down because...

Much, much better, … Best it’s felt. I did everything in fast motion, as fast as I could, just to see how it felt. I wanted to put it in every situation to make sure...

I tried to do everything at game speed to see how I’d do. I just want to make sure I’m 100 percent ready to go. It’s pretty loose and it’s not sore.

I still pinch myself sometimes, … This is something I never thought would happen for me, especially playing in Pittsburgh.

I got my mind set – I was going home.

It’s two times better than yesterday. It’s still tight in a couple of spots but I really did a lot of work out there and it’s no worse.

This first game is out of the way. We’ll come back the next. They’re not going to score 13 every night, but we have to keep playing hard. We have 161 games to go, and...

The thing about that is, I don’t want the ball to hit him. If the throw wasn’t going to beat him, I didn’t want to allow the ball to ricochet off him and get away...

They just let me play, that’s the only thing that’s different,

If it will help the team, I’ll do anything to win. It’s a little different game out there.

To have this experience with this team, words can’t explain the way I feel right now.

The first half of the game, we played a little small ball. You’ve got to do whatever you can to try and score runs.

I’ll go out there and see what happens. I played a couple of games in the outfield in the Minors, but not at the big-league level, so we’ll see how it works out.

Right now it’s kind of tight but hopefully I can get it loosened up a little bit and probably be able to play. After I cooled down a little bit and they put ice on...

I’m not going to hit the ball out of the ballpark, so we just try to do the little things – put the ball in play, get the guy over and let the big guys...

It’s a reward, but it’s also a reward to feel good about yourself. When you do well, you go home and feel good about yourself. That’s the bottom line.

The thing is, you’re here for one purpose: winning. It’s not about you, it’s about the team. Whenever they ask you to do something, you do it for the best. You have to do whatever...

I want to come back. If they want me back, hopefully we can get something done that’s fair for them and fair for me. We’ll see how this plays out.

I’ll tell you, man, he’s been in the league five years and no one knows how to get him out. That’s the type of guy he is. Anything you throw, he hits. I hope somebody...

Being able to play in the middle infield, you play there, you pretty much can play anywhere else, … The angles are different and it’s something that I have to work at every day.

Two times better today than yesterday.

Eventually, it’s going to happen.

You can’t give away outs. You can’t give away runs. The game is about keeping the opposite team from scoring. That’s how we play.

I’ve never been here before,

Eventually, it’s going to happen, so you don’t want to go out there and pressure yourself to overdo things to make it happen. We just have to sit tight, go out there and play, so...

I like (the boos) because it makes you want to do something good.

The confidence that Tony had [in] me out there … he had a lot of guys to choose from,

It’s a good fit for me here,

Today, … the manager made my career.

You’ve got to do whatever you can to win. Whatever you have is whatever it takes.

I’ve never been in a position like this before, and I thank God for this opportunity, because it’s been a blessing and I hope to continue for it to be like that,