There's a lot of talent around the world. Anybody playing major league baseball, you look to your left there might be a player from Korea, you look to your right there might be a player from the Dominican Republic or Mexico. |
There's a ton of room for me to grow, ... I'm still working on a lot of things and trying to get better. |
There's no question that I love playing in Texas. I love the fans. I love everything about Texas. |
Those are three great players, ... You can feel good about your accomplishment when you're mentioned with those players. Hitting 40 homers is a great number that not many people get to. |
We are still young, but at the same time we are experienced. Most people think of young as being inexperienced, and that's not the case here. |
We definitely could have played better. |
We definitely could have played better. Anytime you lose, there are things you could have done better. |
We did have some opportunities because of the errors. We did capitalize on one of them, but their pitching was just too good. Colon is one of the best pitchers in the league and he showed that again against us. |
We still feel like this is a team that can compete. Unfortunately, this was our start, and we've got to turn it around. |
We'll have All-Stars two deep in the lineup, and then we'll also have a pitching staff full of All-Stars. |
We've got four All-Stars in there. You can make a case for all of them. They're all playing really well. |
What I like about this year compared to last year is that I really haven't had a lot of fluctuation from big highs to big lows, ... When you do that, your team can count on you pretty much every game to make a contribution. |
When he gets hot, he can carry a team for a long time. |
When the swelling goes down and the pain goes down, we'll see how it goes. |
You can put up great numbers, and everybody wants to do that. But if you don't win, it's an empty feeling for yourself and your fans. |