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I want to be a Tiger.
I love to play in Detroit.
It's a beautiful thing, baseball.
I have a glove. I'll play anywhere.
You have to concentrate on the swing.
High expectations don't bother me at all.
You have to respectfully listen to advice.
I just try to find ways to help my team win.
I'm just trying to play my best and have fun.
I want to do everything I can to play baseball.
If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.
Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.
I think sports can help any country get together.
If a pitcher makes a mistake inside, I'm going to hit it.
First you help yourself, and then you can help everybody.
Detroit is part of my family and part of my life, my home.
We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.
How are you gonna score if somebody doesn't drive in the runs?
When you're not doing good, the world's going to be against you.
To me, as long as I can play and I'm not hurting the team, I'm playing.
When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.
I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.
We have the great fans in Detroit. We've got a great ballpark, great stadium.
I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.
Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.
When you've got guys on base, you have to hit. I concentrate on getting it done.
You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.
I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.
If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.
Forget the veterans. They havent told me anything, and they better not come tell me anything, either.
I think baseball is a very fine game, and you have to enjoy it. You have to go out there and have fun.
When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.
My wife says I don't listen when she talks. But when people talk, I'm in my own world. I think - always thinking.
The Triple Crown, or any of that stuff, is not my focus. My focus is on winning. I just hope people can be happy with that.
Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.
I focus on what I can do in this game. I don't have speed. I'm not a guy who can have a stolen base. I wish I could, but I can't.
I made a mistake and I'll work in the season to be better. It's part of life to be a man and don't try to hide something if it's broken.
It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good.
When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?
If I worry about what everybody is saying, there is going to be a lot on my mind. I don't want that. I want to do everything I can to play basebal.
I am comfortable talking about everything because I think you can't hide it. I can't hide what I'm doing. I can't lie to people when they see something.
I love this game. I love to have fun. You're playing a sport that you've loved since you were a kid, you get paid for it, and even if you're 0-for-20 or 0-for-30, you still have fun.
I'm the kind of guy who, if I look inside and they throw me a fastball outside, and it's a strike, I'm going to swing. Everything in the strike zone, I'm going to swing. Doesn't matter if it's a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. If it's in the strike zone and it's something you like, you've got to swing.