We knew we had clinched in the sixth. But we wanted to win. We wanted to earn it.

If it weren’t for Phillip Wellman I wouldn’t be here right now. He’s the one who got me going, taught me about patience at the plate and who showed me how to work. You’d go...

I tried to run it off, but after running from second to home you could feel it. If felt good to get in here and get some ice on it.

So we didn’t want to watch any — we watched a little bit of the Yankees game, but we didn’t want to watch any highlights of our game or anything.

What was impressive was that we fought back. Even a couple of times we had runners at first or second, we hit into a couple of double plays, we were still able to come back...

I was talking to Chipper [Jones] last night about how we’ve faced some pretty good pitchers and how it’s been good for me to see them.

I hope he keeps doing it. Bobby always fires ’em up. When he gets going, the fans get going.

He just told me to keep playing hard and make sure that I’m a better man off the field than I am on it,

We want to get to the [National League Championship Series] and give ourselves a chance to get to the World Series and win it. I think if anybody in this clubhouse is not thinking that,...

I feel like lately I’ve been able to see it better. I’m waiting for my pitches again. When you do that, most of the time you’ll hit.

If you let that stuff get in your head, yeah, you’ll have a sophomore slump. As far as I’m concerned, there’s no such thing. I’m stronger and more experienced than I was last year.

He might think, What the heck did that guy just swing at? But he’s not going to say it to you when you come back. I’m sure he’s thinking it.

My best memory is coming down here and seeing [David] Justice and all those guys. It’s good to be out here, with everybody. I’m just having fun with the kids and the fans. It should...

I didn’t know until today, … I thought it was going to be an article. I didn’t know it was going to be that big of a deal.

It’s fun because a lot of young guys have come up in this division. We’re all trying to do the same thing, and that’s win a title.