I take positives out of negatives all the time.

I just want to taste what it's like to win in New York

When you don't win I think you have to evaluate everybody.

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.

I'm very modest. I know that baseball is a very humbling game.

I take great pride in going out there and playing through pain.

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

It's so unique. Wilson Park is just such a gem. It's in a convenient location.

To me, the fun part of hitting is the thinking part. It's the game within the game.

I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.

I don't care how much I'm talked about or hyped. It's still up to me to go out and perform.

I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special.

Most of my friends are people I've known since I was a kid. I don't have an entourage or anything.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

I do like to wear the same hat on game days, but I consider that more of a routine thing than a superstition.

I'm very confident in what I do, but I'd like to think I don't ever show any kind of cockiness or overconfidence.

Whether you have a great game or a terrible game, tomorrow's another day and you've got to come out here and compete.

The brilliant thing about baseball is you're never really out of it - things can turn around in this game so quickly.

Baseball is the reason I have my apartment, baseball is the reason I'm on the cover of video game. Baseball is what I do.

If have the choice, to play or not play, I would rather be in there, ... But I appreciate Willie calling me in and being concerned.

As soon as baseball becomes a job, as soon as I stop caring, as soon as the smile goes away, I'll hang up my spikes and do something else.

Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.

When it’s all said and done, I want to be able to say I got the most out of my potential. I don’t want to look back, however many years from now, and say, ‘I wonder if I would have worked a little harder. I wonder if I would have done this or done that, how things would have turned out.’ I want to, when it’s all said and done, be able to put my head on my pillow and say, ‘I did everything I could do — good or bad.’

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