You never forget what you've done in the past, and I don't think I can forget the past two seasons. I just want to ... try to learn from there and not repeat what happened.

His mentality is very strong. That will help him adjust to MLB and the American life.

I don't want to get all jumpy and happy because the first day went well. But it's encouraging.

I am extremely disappointed in how I have played. I have no regrets about coming here. I am not on the (Japanese team) because I haven't produced. It is because of what has happened in the past.

As a team, when you're playing in situations like these, you just want to get a win. You just try to think of anything you can do to overturn the flow of things that have been going the last week or so.

I feel my role right now is to get on base, ... That's all I'm really focusing on.