“You pick up little things here and there.”

That’s why I’ve gotten so much experience at my age.

Once I get comfortable and feel a part of what I’m doing.

For the most part, when my home runs come, they come in bunches.

You have three teachers next to you every game, and if I’m not playing, I’m watching baseball.

I’ve always been a streaky hitter.

I’ve always hit.

It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.

Oh, my dear, if you only knew how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh.

We need a hit, so here I go.

You hear all these stories about, ‘There’s one in a million guys that make it to the NBA and stay there.’ To see people cheering for me and when they say my name, it’s just crazy. It’s still crazy to me.

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

I like the nucleus that we have. I’m excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It’s like family. I love being here.

I am very happy to be here in the NBA.

I am here; and here is nowhere in particular.