I don't know what he's talking about. I was surprised when I got here and people told me about it. I guess you can't joke with anybody else.

People were talking (stuff), knowing nothing. They don't know I feel. Why am I going to be hiding from Chicago? For what? That I'm scared? Never.

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

I'm not even thinking about passing McGwire. The season will be over September twenty-seventh. Mark will go home, and I will go to the playoffs.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.