Just put the ball in play, hit it hard and you make things happen. If you're leading off innings, that's what you have to do.

I can't argue with what he did, because I just stood there. I know it's not personal.

I've been dragging before and got three hits and been feeling great and got none. How you feel doesn't equate to hits, for me at least.

That was just wrong. We were watching the Bears game and with two minutes left the satellite went out. That was probably the lowlight of the trip.

I didn't know exactly the whole story but after hearing it, it just made you really think about life. Those kids have had it tough there and it was great to go and try to lift their spirits up.

Being a freshman is hard, because freshmen usually don't play. Then I had to step up after our leading scorer left. I started working on my shot.