I'm No Different Than Others

I've Been Hearing This Since I First Joined The Reds Organization, That I'm Going To Be The Next This Or That. It's Tough On A Young Player Coming Up. You Show Some Positive Things And Everybody Jumps On That And Says You Should Be The Next Willie Mays.

I Don't Listen To What People Say About Me And I Don't Read What They Write About Me. People Can Compare Me To Anyone They Want To, But I'm Not Going To Worry About It.

Come On, When Does It Come To The Point Where Your Name Can't Come Up In Trade Talks? Willie Mays Got Traded. Pedro Martinez Got Traded. So What? That's Part Of The Game.

For Me To Become The Highest Paid Player In The Franchise, It Was Something I Didn't Anticipate. But I'm Glad. I Like Playing For Cincinnati.

I Love The Game, It's The Greatest Game On Earth, That's Why I Can't Understand All Of This Talk About Trying To Make The Game Better. People Talk About The High Strike Zone And Changing This And That. Why? To Speed Up The Game? That's The Beauty Of Baseball. There Is No Time Element.