Athlete

We don't own anything that we have. It is all a gift from God and we are just trying to be good stewards of what He gives us.

It's amazing to see where baseball can take you.

When you're a kid, you just hope you make it to the big leagues. So to get to go say you're going to play in the World Series, it's an incredibly special moment. Up there with getting married and having kids, it's right up there with one of the best days of my life.

Baseball is so hard as it is. For me, if you simplify it, it takes a little bit of the weight off, rather than trying to figure out all these other things. It's just peace of mind.

They say baseball's a game of failure. Well, that's only true on the offensive side.

Baseball could end tomorrow but you're just understanding that God is in control of it and we are not.

I think more than anything, just putting in perspective what this baseball thing means and understanding that it is a gift and I didn't do anything to deserve that and realizing that if we continue to look to God to guide our path, you never know what could happen.

You can't compare regular season to postseason.

If I can make a kid smile playing baseball, that's pretty awesome.

Getting to say you're going to the World Series is a pretty special thing.

No matter how long you play this game, you struggle and your confidence will go here and there at times.

It's an uncomfortable thing to talk about myself, in general.

Saying you're a Christian shouldn't turn people off. You should love people well and that's Jesus' first commandment!

Yeah, strikeouts just kind of happen. It's not something I'm trying to do, I'm just trying to get outs as fast as possible.

The playoffs is ??I think I took it for granted a little bit. My first two years I kind of just thought that always happened, I guess.

If we have a good day and we win, I'll celebrate and enjoy it. If I have a bad day and I lose, I'll be disappointed and then come back the next day and think about the next team.

Hitting's the hardest thing to do in sports.

Cali was a name I've always loved.

I get paid a bunch of money to do this, and so there's a responsibility to my teammates, every single day, to show up and be the absolute best you can be.