I'm pretty sure he can do it just because of his natural talent, |
I've always said I'd like to dedicate my life to art for a whole year to see what comes out of it, painting, sculpting, everything related to art, then go from there. I feel like I have something with art. I'm connected with art somehow and I would like to do something with that. |
I've been around some really great players. A player like Barry brings a lot to a team — emotional energy, positive thinking. |
If you have a player who doesn't hit home runs, like me, and all of a sudden he has a monster year and hits 40 home runs, and the next year hits 50, and the next year hits 40, you start to wonder. |
It is strange to see a team play .500 and get into the playoffs. But in this division, they are the best. They played the best baseball. They were able to hold onto the lead. |
It was nice after a long night to finally go ahead and score. I never thought we were not going to play [because of the rain]. It's hard to get it on and get loose. I like guys [like Wright], who give up a lot of ground balls. |
It was pretty cool. I just thought he was going to be a judge. As long as you have fun you connect with each other. |
It's a challenge you set within yourself, to prove you can play beyond 42. There haven't been many shortstops who have played at that age. |
It's always emotional. For guys who have been in the playoffs and the World Series, they know how important and awesome it is to celebrate and be in the playoffs. That's what everybody is shooting for from spring training. We had the opportunity. We just found ourselves in a big hole. |
It's an honor, really. To not only represent my country but to have that as well, I want to make sure I do my part. |
It's going to be like that everywhere. |
It's going to be nice -- hopefully Alou is better than 80 percent with his legs, and we know Bonds hit a home run yesterday, ... We get those guys back. I don't know if it's going to be too late, but we're still in this thing [the divisional race]. |
It's like we have to win almost 80 or 90 percent of the games. Can we do it with him? That's the question. They say one guy can't carry a team. In these games, when we're not scoring too many runs and we lose by one or two, he can be a huge difference. |
It's not easy to perform in front of your teammates and make a fool out of yourself. |
It's stupid because he can still remember and still holds me that grudge. |