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I think I'm a funny guy.
I really judge me on me.
I think about my journey sometimes.
It's so hard to win a World Series.
When I fall behind, my swing changes.
I preach about getting the ball in the air.
I don't go up there and try to hit home runs.
You want to see the team that is in the playoffs.
I had to make baseball work. I threw myself into it.
It's fun coming to the ballpark when you're winning.
Detroit will always have a special place in my heart.
I love to talk about hitting. It's a passion of mine.
Learning how to slow the game down is the biggest thing.
I've always loved hitting, and even as a kid, I always hit.
I wish I could go up every single time and have guys on base.
My preparation and my routine are the foundations to my success.
To me, I just play baseball, whether I have the contract or not.
I found a place in Boston, a home in Boston, and I'm pretty happy here.
The last thing I wanted to do was get buried in Triple-A behind prospects.
I believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.
Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose.
Obviously, I'm sad to leave Houston. I love the fans and players and everyone here.
Sometimes you just need a spark, and then boom, boom, boom, now the bats come alive.
Obviously, this is a job, it's a grind, but it's what you love to do. It's your passion.
If I'm ready to hit early, if I get fooled, then whatever. I've still got two more strikes.
Just kind of finding it, that's what Spring Training is for, to work on stuff and get ready.
My teammate Torii Hunter taught me how to lead and provide encouragement to the locker room.
We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great.
Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do.
I love my story. I wouldn't change it. It gives it character. It's never been on a silver spoon.
Whenever you see me and I'm hitting ground ball after ground ball, you know I'm not feeling right.
Control what I can control. Study the pitchers, work hard, put the work in. That's all I can control.
Any time you go into the playoff game everyone's adrenaline is high and tensions are going, stuff like that.
You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it.
I never go a day without talking to either my mom or dad, and my sister is one of the smartest people I know.
I get to play what I dreamed about since I was a kid. So, on that end, I love it. But I also take pride in it.
I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back.
When I'm at my best, I'm ready to hit from pitch one. When I go up there and I'm passive, I'm not as successful.
That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one.
I'm usually rough during Spring Training. My Spring Training numbers aren't very good, but I never expect them to be.
Whoever's hitting in front of you or behind you is going to determine how you get pitched, but there's nothing you can do.
I think the one thing I have learned the most from all the veteran guys is kinda like not to dwell on a loss or a bad day.
I'd say the challenge of DHing is going to be learning the routine and to stay loose and stay warm and kind of be ready for it.
I just want to go deep in the playoffs and be put in that situation where I'm locked in and the game and the season is on the line.
I always talk about it like I'm a hitter first and if I'm doing things right and my body's in the right place, I drive the baseball.
You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don't know why they say I'm a bad defender.
Rodney Linares really stuck his neck out in Greenville to play me, because they had their prospects, guys who they had invested money in.
I stand by the Constitution and I stand by the Second Amendment and it's something that I take pride in. It's something that I'll back up.
There aren't too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years.
You can say baseball's fun, you're in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day - and, yeah, that's great. I love it.