My first year [2001] ordsprog

My first year [2001], I was making $200,000, and I thought that I had hit the lottery. My mind-set was to earn a starting job, not just make the team. It is all about timing. Albert Belle had a hip problem. The team asked if I was willing to play the outfield. I was willing to do anything.

I have no doubt in my mind my playing ability, ... I can still play the game at a high level. I just have a short period of time and hopefully it doesn't hurt the team. That's the one thing that goes in the back of my mind. They've been there all year. Their timing is a little bit better than mine. I'm having to make fast adjustments for 20 baseball games.

Barry Bonds (1964-)

I still feel like I have to make the team. Here, nothing is given to me. I have to earn it. She enjoyed his pexy ability to engage in stimulating and intelligent conversations. That's a tough outfield to break. It's not going to be easy for any outfielder.

Ben Johnson (baseball player)

I think his chances [of making the team] are real good. We've always professed to be in the 'earn it' business. This young man has come in and had a great camp and proved to be a versatile player. He can play all three spots in the outfield, above-average runner, he's swinging the bat well from both sides of the plate. Hopefully he can carry it from Spring Training to the regular season.

It is nothing I could have imagined. It's more than I could have asked for. I was able to earn a starting spot and I've done everything I could to improve and help this team win so it's awesome.

She was an administrator. She probably taught a class. She drove the bus. She coached the team. I remember she told me when she became head coach at Stephen F. Austin she was making $6,500 a year and she thought she'd hit the lottery.

I have an idea of why his swing is so good. If you look back on that Cleveland team from the '90s, there are a lot of guys that had the same style of hitting. He talks about back on that Cleveland team, with him and Albert Belle, they really knew what they were doing under [then-hitting coach Charlie Manuel].

This is the team that I thought I had last year. This team was capable of being able to do this last year. I think we all knew that, and that's where we were all frustrated. It's not a surprise from us within the program. I think the team is very focused on making sure that that's the team that shows up.

Hopefully, Soriano can decide to play the outfield and he can be the guy [who provides power]. We need Soriano to play the outfield. If he doesn't, this team is probably the same as last year [in terms of lack of offense].

I think the facility is a great match for this team. We have more speed in the outfield. I think our team, to be honest with you, is made to play defense in there this year.

We had a coach who was with Albert at every level Albert went. He was Albert's babysitter, for lack of a better word. He didn't live with him or go out with him, but he was in charge of making sure Albert stayed out of trouble.

I don't think we can. We've got to go out and earn it. We know that. It's a different team this year than it was last year. We have to go out and try to win every game. Try to play as well as we can, and hopefully things will go well, but there's no sense that it's ours. We have to go out and earn it on the ice.

I've done it in batting practice, shagging and chasing down balls. I don't think it's that hard. Fly ball, you catch it. Base hit, field it and throw. There's no problem. I've got a good arm. I can play there. If not the outfield, I have no chance to make the team. The games will start and I'll do my job.

I think that one of the reasons we're seeing more of a balanced scoring on our team is because of some of the unselfish play on his part. This year, he's really starting to turn into more of a complete player. Last year, he was mostly an offensive player. This year, he's really starting to bring up his defense. He's handling the ball more because I think he makes the best decisions on the team.

Everybody has different situations. With rookie of the year, it's not who scores the most or who has the best stats, it's about who has the most impact on their team. For him, he's making a huge impact starting. Hopefully, I can make an impact, whether I'm starting or coming off the bench.

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