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I Truly Believe My Job Starts The Minute I Leave The Baseball Field. Going Out And Catching Ground Balls And Hitting, That's A Job, And That's What I've Wanted To Do Ever Since I Was A Kid. But When You Think About Leaving That Field, That's When The Job And The Demands Really Start. In New York, Seattle, Every City. The Community, The Media, Business Stuff. You Have To Stay On A Narrow Path.

Keep Reading Books, Stay In School. I Encourage Kids To Read As Much As They Can, I Challenge You To Read A Book Every Two Weeks, Like I Try To.

I'm Focussing On What I Haven't Attained, Not What I Have. A Lot Has Come To Me Early. I Don't Want To Get Consumed With That. Winners Live In The Present Tense. People Who Come Up Short Are Consumed With Future Or Past. I Want To Be Living In The Now. My Goal Is To Play One Full Game In The Now, But I Haven't Even Gotten Past The First Inning Yet. I Start Thinking About Where My Mom Is Or If My Dogs Have Been Fed. The Average Human Has 2,000 Thoughts A Day. The Really Accomplished Have 1,500 Because You Can Focus Longer. I Need To Learn How To Focus Longer.

It's Tougher When You're Established. Before, I'd See 13, 14, 15 Pitches That I Could Drive In A Game. Now, I See One, Two Or Three, So I Have To Be Better.

Be Respectful. Treat People The Way You Want To Be Treated. Respect The Lowest Rank And The Highest Rank And You'll Never Get In Trouble.