I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.

My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.

I'm getting pitches to hit and swinging. Once you get your pitch, keep swinging,

If I hit a homer, it doesn't matter. We still would have been down by a bunch of runs. I was trying to at least get on base. If Manny hits a homer, we're closer.

From the word go, we're going to try and hit them as hard as we can,

It's his first time in the big leagues, but he pitches like he's been around forever. He reminds me of Roger Clemens — the attitude, the arm. When he gets more experience, he's going to be filthy. He's filthy already.