My first thought when I got here was 'Maybe I should have stayed home. But I love to dance, so I stayed.

I like that it's turned into my second home away from home. My best friends love music, and we get to make music together.

My mind frame is that I'm going to break (camp) with the team and contribute to the team like I know I can. Any thought of the minor leagues hasn't crossed my mind. I'm going in focused on one goal, one mission.

I tried to come at it a different way this time, ... Make them put the ball in play [and] cut down on walks.

It wasn't necessarily my best start, but it wasn't necessarily my worst start.

The big hits they had were where I was behind in the count and I had to come at them. They got the hits when they needed to.