I'm a professional, and I know what I have to do. I know where I've failed and how I've grown up.

In baseball... you don't stop learning until it's over.

You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.

All the things that are in the past are in the past.

Wherever I am, I always do yoga every day. I think it's so important for my physical health in sport.

I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

We players are as normal human beings as anyone else, and we also have the right to live a normal life. I don't understand why people talk so much about the way we dress up, how we walk, what we eat, and every little detail of ours. Players are the real heroes. Sports have both respect and fame, and I am fortunate enough to be a sportsperson.