I feel happy with what I've done after coming back from a bad injury, ... I'm taking the same hacks I took before, I just feel good right now.

He comes into the clubhouse and says hello but doesn't put any pressure on you, ... It makes you feel good and inspires you to keep working.

I swung after they took me out (Thursday), ... I just wanted to make sure I could tell (manager) Mike (Scioscia) I was OK. I didn't want to wait until (Friday).

I always swing at bad pitches, ... But lately I was swinging at even worse ones.

I think it probably seemed like I was anxious because I was swinging at bad pitches. I was thinking about it, but I'm going to keep swinging. Sometimes it looks bad and sometimes it doesn't, but I'm not going to stop swinging.

We're really close, ... My mom's very important to me. It's nice to go home after games and forget about it - enjoy the game and then enjoy the family atmosphere.