We will play hard every day. No one knows what’s really going to happen this season. These guys we’ve got here, they can hit. Believe me. They can swing. People don’t know what those guys...

We swung the bats a lot better. When we score early, we allow the pitcher the chance to be more comfortable to do his job.

I’m just trying to play my best and have fun.

I was thinking, ‘Whoa,’ … I say to myself, ‘I better watch out. I’ve got to be ready.’

We’ll see about tomorrow. I don’t know, though.

I’m taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I’m getting better.

I’m happy. You have to put up your numbers every year and see what happens. My time is coming, you know?

It’s very important because it’s a great award, … It’s awesome.

It’s tough, but you’ve got to beat them. We want to win the game. They [Clemens and Pettitte] are very good pitchers. They are some of the best pitchers in the league.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

You’re going to remember all your life this time.

It happens sometimes, … I feel bad. It’s not going to happen again. When you’re late, you see what happens.

They had 22 in one game. They can hit, you know?

It’s like there’s a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good.

I don’t want to put so much pressure on myself. I want to do like I did last year, play my game. I’m going to play hard. I’m not going to put pressure on myself....

That’s a very nice feeling. Last year, I hit 30 home runs and drove in 100 runs but we didn’t go nowhere. Right now, we have a chance to go somewhere. That’s most important to...

I was going to home plate to make the one out. I thought it was the right choice, but it was a bad throw.

When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I’m doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?

I thought it was going to hit the (scoreboard) he hit it so hard.

Forget the veterans. They haven’t told me anything, and they better not come tell me anything, either.

He threw a fastball down the middle, and I think I can hit that. I hit it pretty good.

I have to do it year after year, … Not just one or two years.

You have to be excited because that run gave us the win. One game for us is everything. We’ve got to play every inning.

He hit a ground ball, I jumped. I said, ‘Throw it to home plate, make one out.’ I think I had a chance, but it was a bad throw.

That’s the big question every year — can I drive in 100 RBIs every year? … That’s what I’m supposed to do. I want to do it every year.

[Teams] are going to see now we can swing the bat. Everybody here can swing and knock the ball out of the park. We have some power and speed in the lineup.

Most people aren’t ready to hit at this point. They’re throwing 97, 98. The pitchers, they’ve got the advantage.

There are always things they say, things that are out of your control. You have to be clear that this is a business and you don’t know what can happen in any moment.

It doesn’t look like Pettitte was having a very good start, but I’m not surprised our guys got after him.

I feel good about that. I don’t want to leave this team. I want to be on this team for a long time because they gave me my first opportunity in the big leagues. I’ve...

He almost got it, but I got it over him,

We swung the bats very good tonight. I’m glad to see the guys swing like this.

It’s a strange situation, but we need to be ready and just play.

I’ve played hurt. But this is the knee. I can’t (move it around).

I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.