“Any time you have an injury with your legs -- you use your legs for everything, to field, throw, to hit, ... It affects everything you do on the field.”
“They don't know about it, ... That's what happens in here, in the clubhouse. They don't need to know about it. Everybody plays through injuries, and I'm not the only one.”
“I can't [rest] right now, ... Right now, we're struggling, and I know they need me out there. My team needs me out there, and I'm playing through it.”
“I would like to represent my country but I don't think I'll be 100 percent to play in early March. I'm committed to (the Cubs), and I think I owe them.”
