Racism is kinda old. For real..

I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part..

I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can ma….

Beast Mode doesnt make excuses. It doesnt complain. Whatever youre doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think a….

When you think positive, good things happen..

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays base….

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him..

I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games..

I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here..

I'm pretty sure that China is way bigger than the Dominican..

Everybody used to say that baseball players can't dress and athletes can't dress. You know, a lot of athletes now are trying to prove everybody wrong….

If I'm in the car after a bad game, I may think about ways I need to improve. But the second I reach home, the game's over. Work doesn't come inside ….

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A..

One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me..

I get bored real easy. I'm so used to L.A. and the pace that when I go home now I start thinking, 'Something's not right, something's not feelin' rig….