Joe Mauer

I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.

As you get older, you learn there are some things out of your control.

It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.

I gained about 60 pounds when I was preggers with Lil Hank, and I'm desperately trying not to do the same with our daughter.

I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made.