Alex needs a championship. You're not great if you don't win one, and it doesn't matter how much money you make.
Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you.
The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.