I have such high standards for myself and I will never settle for being a mediocre player.

I knew where my bread was buttered and it was in baseball.

All you ever want as a baseball player is the respect of your peers, whether it's the people you play against or the people you play with. I can honestly say I have that, and it's probably what I'm most proud of.

Guys on second, if they pick up what set of signs the catcher's using, we'll relay it one way or the other to the hitter.

The guys who feel unfulfilled by the previous season, they go home in the offseason and they work harder to get better and better, and they come back with a vengeance.

The Braves took some flak when they made me the number one pick. There were critics.