My mom and dad gave me everything they could have given me.

I'm a family man. I just love being around my family.

When I was in Kansas City everything was going well for me. My marriage was good and I was very successful in baseball but something was missing in my life. That something was Christ. Every human being is born with a little defect in his heart. That defect is a hole in the heart that can only be filled by Jesus Christ.

I was always thinking, 'One day I want to be like Bernie Williams.'

I just need to come to the park every day thinking something good is going to happen to me and hoping today is going to be the day.

I know there are a lot of expectations of me, and I will do the best I can.

I like to be aggressive. I like to swing the bat.

I learned that I have to work hard every day, that I can't get down if I get in a slump.

It's going to be crazy. I'm guessing when we play against the Dominicans, half the field will be Dominican fans and half will be Puerto Rican fans. With all the big-time players in the World Classic, it's going to be huge.

I have more confidence than I ever have before.

I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do.

I pray to God to be a great player, but I want to keep my life.

I like people talking about me, about my defense or what I'm doing. I like to see that, and that makes me work hard.

Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.

I can't change something that I've been all my life. But I can work to express myself and talk more.