When you lose a mother or father, it's still the hardest time of your life.
— Freddie Freeman
I think about my mom every day.
There are certain guys you just take from different teams that you watch.
Growing up in California, I grew up a JT Snow fan.
You've just got to keep grinding, putting good ABs together; just stop trying to look at the record, your batting average. You've got to go out there and just keep playing.
Obviously, being a first baseman, you're kind of expected to hit some home runs. Obviously, that goes into your head; it gets into my head a little bit.
I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better.
I love coming home.
Leading off an inning you never know, I could get a bunt base hit and start a rally.
Just have fun, and just play hard, and just practice a lot.
I would like to be out there every day and be that one steady guy that everybody can lean on.
There's nothing I can really do but keep going out there and swinging.
It's just so much fun to relax and just play baseball for a living. It's a great time in my life. I'm never going to forget it, and it's very humbling.
I stick to what got me here and what I know best. That's the same routine. I'm not going to vary it.
I have a platform to be able to do something to help other people beat cancer.
You're going to be friends with people longer than you're going to be teammates in this game.
I grew up an Angels fan.
I'm one of those guys who loses weight during the season.
I always like going to the West Coast. I don't know if it's a certain field, team, whatever it is, but I usually seem to do well here.
I've never been a guy that's consistently hit home runs. It's always seemed to come, like, three or four in a week or two, and then I'll shut it down for a couple of weeks.
If I don't get hits, I don't get hits, but I'm trying to get hits.
Coming in here and having fun with the guys, loving everyone, playing this game - it's a lot of fun.
Thrilling, thrilling to see yourself on a baseball card for the first time.
Enjoy and have fun when you're a kid, because you are a kid.
Usually, I can get the job done with guys in scoring position.
Sometimes, you can get too big when you feel too good.
You think about when you're kids and see these guys on TV, and now you're in the same clubhouse as Chipper Jones and Bobby Cox.
For me, feeling good is line drives to left field.
It's something I'd never wish anybody to have to go through, having a mother pass away at a young age. But it's made me realize that people need help.
You got to put the personal stuff away and see the business side of it.
Darren Erstad was special to watch when he moved from center field from first base.
I'd like to finish my career as a Brave.
When you come back on top after you've fallen, it's a better story.
I don't really watch video, but I see the replay; like when I do strike out, and I'm walking back to the dugout, I look up and see if they do show the replay of me swinging and missing.
Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.
I think this world needs a little more hugging in their lives.
When I played Little League, I looked up to the big leaguers, too, and collected their baseball cards.
I have one goal every single year, and that's to play every single game.
Usually, my track record's pretty good with guys on base.
They said if I could deal with the pain, I should play. So, I did, and for some reason, I started hitting. It was a weird thing. I don't know if it was because I couldn't do too much, and I was just trying to stay up through the middle and not hurt myself.
In the past, my success has come with sticking to one plan. That usually works. Obviously it's going to falter, and I'm going to go into slumps here and there, but stick with the plan, and hopefully it will come out successful more times than not.
I want to represent Canada so I can represent my mother.
