"I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs."

"But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace."

"To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners."

"If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body."

"I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give."