The people here are friendly. I'm enjoying myself now.

He was a really hard worker. He stood apart from everyone else. I knew he was going to be special.

I was only 250 miles away, but now I'm 2,500 miles away. I was a little disappointed my wife and grandkids are in Houston.

It all started with the leadoff guy, a guy who knows the value of getting on base, knows the value of scoring runs.

It's not easy to win a batting title if your name's not Bill.

I'm really happy for him because he's such a nice individual.

Any time you hit the ball to the opposite field, you're swinging the bat real good. [Lee] has maintained that.

Toward the middle of the season when I started to get my scores up, I thought I might have a chance of beating him. But when you score 300 twice in a year, that's a great feat; he's just an amazing diver.

I told his dad when Chris was a freshman that he was going to break my record.

The one thing he's developed is on the inside part of the plate. He's gotten more aggressive with it. The old saying is what, he's [6-foot-4, 6-foot-5], and you don't want to let him get extension. If he gets extension and the ball's tailing in, he'll hit it.

This has really gotten all levels of city government concerned. It's been a top priority of ours to get the work done quickly and properly.