Obviously, you're going to have your ups and your downs, but the more ups I can have and the quicker the downs are, the better I'll be.
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'm a confident person in knowing my abilities, but also know, I'm kind of a realist, I know when I suck.
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.
When you start rushing into things, that's when you get some deals that may not be the right ones.
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.
When you just stand for something, you kind of stand for it.
I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.
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.
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.
My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes.
I think the most important thing is that World Series.
We play to win the World Series, and that's our goal.
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some of the reasons kids would always say they want to grow up to be just like Derek Jeter.
