I have been fighting to protect women's healthcare and reproductive rights for decades.

Unfortunately, Bruce Rauner is more committed to playing politics than fighting for Illinois women and families.

The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.

Rauner needs to tell Illinoisans what essential health benefits he intends to keep covering in Illinois.

Bruce Rauner needs to lead, and until he does, we must fight to hold him accountable.

With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.

I've been honored to take part in protests and events across Illinois, joining with thousands of you in the resistance, making calls, sending letters, and making sure Washington understands that we will not allow the ACA to be repealed.

Illinois has the opportunity to lead the country in providing more affordable health care options to its citizens.

Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.

There are not 'many sides' in the fight against hatred and bigotry. There is only right and wrong.

Everyone here has a right to their own political beliefs and everybody has the right to stand by what they believe in. That's what makes us American.

I love my story. I wouldn't change it. It gives it character. It's never been on a silver spoon.

I had to lower my hands, I had to work my hips a different way. I also had to stride to get the power. I'd always been a standstill hitter and had to generate power from my upper body. Basically, I had to change everything I was doing. It was really difficult.

You can say baseball's fun, you're in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day - and, yeah, that's great. I love it.

Rodney Linares really stuck his neck out in Greenville to play me, because they had their prospects, guys who they had invested money in.

I busted my butt in '15. Then in '16, I broke my arm running into a wall, so then I got scared of running into walls because I didn't want to get hurt again.

I've been on a bunch of teams in my career.

I want to win championships.

There aren't too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years.

Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose.

You can't say it's good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big league players on 80 percent of the teams, but why would a team sign a player when you can pay dirt, and they're not going to win anyway?

I'm a very analytical guy, I like to study my swing, I like to study what my back foot is doing, my elbow, whatever it might be, and there's a lot of guys nowadays that are like that. That's the trend of the game, that's the way the game has gone.

My whole life, I've felt like I've always had to prove myself. It's never been easy, as easy as others who are in my position have had it.

Everyone's path is their own.

I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back.

I grew up in Miami watching baseball down there, so you could see it from one extreme to the next. It was like, 'Well, this is what baseball is about.'

I love my country. I love this country.

I stand by the Constitution and I stand by the Second Amendment and it's something that I take pride in. It's something that I'll back up.

We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great.

I want to be on a team that's got a chance. That's what's fun. That's what you play the game for.

I've lost a lot. I'm tired of it. It's not fun.

It's fun coming to the ballpark when you're winning.

Control what I can control. Study the pitchers, work hard, put the work in. That's all I can control.

Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do.

Obviously, I'm sad to leave Houston. I love the fans and players and everyone here.

Everything happens for a reason.

People are always asking if I was mad at Houston. Honestly, I'm not. The truth of the matter is that when I was there, I didn't perform and they actually did me a favor by cutting me loose. They could have really held me there, not let me leave, bury me in Triple-A, put me behind some prospects and I would never even play.

Sometimes you just need a spark, and then boom, boom, boom, now the bats come alive.

That's the hardest play in baseball, is a line drive right at you.

Whoever's hitting in front of you or behind you is going to determine how you get pitched, but there's nothing you can do.

You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it.

To me, I just play baseball, whether I have the contract or not.

I'll never say a bad word about the Astros.

It sucks when you can't play the game you love.

If I'm ready to hit early, if I get fooled, then whatever. I've still got two more strikes.

That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one.

When I'm at my best, I'm ready to hit from pitch one. When I go up there and I'm passive, I'm not as successful.

When I fall behind, my swing changes.

I wish I could go up every single time and have guys on base.

I get to play what I dreamed about since I was a kid. So, on that end, I love it. But I also take pride in it.