I won't maintain that emotional level. I guess I'm lucky we have another week left in spring training, and that will give me an opportunity to recover.

I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.

It varies. Ideally, it should come down to the last week of spring training. Now it's more like a regular-season game in how things would be.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.

When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.

I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.