JASON GIAMBI

I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.

Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.

People ask me, "What would you be doing without baseball?" I don't know... super-sizing fries?

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

I'm still playing the game, having a great time.

I know my swing is going to be there. I don't need 600 swings in the cage; I know where it's at.

I'm going to play my game and be who I am. I don't think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.

This game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.

I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it.

I'm still playing the game, having a great time.

I know my swing is going to be there. I don't need 600 swings in the cage; I know where it's at.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.

Unfortunately, the rumors are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything. That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball.

I'm going to play my game and be who I am. I don't think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.

We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it.

Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

People ask me, "What would you be doing without baseball?" I don't know... super-sizing fries?

I'm too busy having fun to be mean and nasty.