My Mom and Dad always told me to not act on emotion, act on what is real. When you're mad don't do something wrong because you're mad.Collection: Dad
This game is obviously about failure. You're going to fail most of the time. It's how you handle it.Collection: Failure
When you're down, are you going to be mentally down and make it last longer, or are you going to stay positive, keep an even keel?Collection: Positive
Having fun is definitely how you're going to keep yourself loose, and be at your best.
You don't get to where you are by just sitting on your butt and expecting it to come.
In order to be great you have to continue to put in the work.
I want to be a great role model to let the kids, especially black kids, that it's possible to make it in this sport. I think we, as a black community, quit playing the game because we think it's a white man's sport. Or we think that since other black people don't play it, so why should I play it.
I'm a confident person in knowing my abilities, but also know, I'm kind of a realist, I know when I suck.
I think when you're stressing, or worried about your performance, worrying about this and worrying about that, that's when things start to get tough and you're not enjoying it anymore and it becomes a job. Although it is our job to play, still you have to understand that it's a game and you have to enjoy it.
Whatever the team takes, whatever it needs, I try to fill that role.
It's an honor and a blessing to be part of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'
I have no idea what it is about bowling. It's just a love I have for it. I can't even explain why. Bowling is just fun for me.
Precision matters, breh.
I'm going to be someone who smiles and brings joy to the locker room and to the field.
My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes.
I think my senior year in high school was when I started wearing Jordans. It was our team rule that we had to play in them so that's when I got - not introduced to them, but got into it. Through the minors I started collecting some, just to wear, and that's when I told myself I want to become a Jordan athlete and did all I could to do it.
It's OK for two sides to disagree. It's perfectly fine. It's normal.
Even in the minor leagues, I just said I'll get my little bit of time in here and then get out of here. I was going to try, though. I wasn't going to just give up. I was always going to try. I'm here. I figured I might as well try.
I don't want to try and be something I'm not.
My favorite TV show is probably 'Power.'
Orange is the New Black' - oh my gosh. That is a great TV show.
I just go out and do what I can to help the team win, try and be consistent in having some good at-bats and getting some timely hits and whatnot.
I want to play every day and help the team get to where we want to be.
You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.
I'm 5-foot-9, 180 pounds. I don't have much else to work with, so I just try to use my bat speed and get the most out of what I've got.
I think a lot of times you start to second-guess yourself, especially as a young player, but you've got to have confidence that everything will be all right.
I'm playing for the Red Sox, and I don't think there's anybody out here who's going to intentionally hurt you. So you listen to information, and you kind of filter what you like and take out what you don't.
As I continue to learn, I'll continue to do different things.
I think I've tried to have a platform to speak and to help kids understand learning about baseball.
I think people don't enjoy it as much as they used to. People say, 'Make baseball fun again.' Well, I'm trying.
I don't want to put any pressure on myself. I just do what I do and have fun.
The pitcher is in trouble, not me. He has to throw it over the plate and I have to put a good swing on it.
The great hitters use the whole field, and that's a goal of mine.
You never want to lose a strength, but I've also got to try and be a complete hitter.
However it is I get on base, or whatever happens, happens.
You don't criticize or critique your teammates if they're having a hard time. You try to encourage them just like you hope that they'll encourage you.
She's always been there for me through anything, I can think of many school projects I had to do and I would say, 'Mom, can you help me.' She would help me write a paper or make a poster. She's just been that kind of mom. No matter what, she makes sure I'm alright and I thank her for that.
You see all the greats, people who were idols of mine growing up. You see those guys on the cover of video games.
Contract things are kind of tough to come up with, especially with both sides and kind of how the economics and all those things work.
Just to be able to put on the uniform in general is a blessing, and when it says Red Sox on it, it makes it that much better.
I think the most important thing is that World Series.
I'm not a big country guy even though I'm from Nashville. I like some songs, but I wouldn't turn on a country radio station or anything.
I always listen to music.
I guess bowling is pretty mechanical. It's kind of a natural motion, but you have to stick within those mechanics.
I listen to R&B and Hip Hop.
I wouldn't say I'm a commodity. I try not to think about it too much.
I just want to put on a uniform - whoever it is.
We play to win the World Series, and that's our goal.
I just try to do whatever I can to win the game.
Yeah, there's always room for improvement.