"A lot of scouts asked me if I wanted to pitch but I wanted to play every day. The Brewers were one of the few teams that liked me as a shortstop more than a pitcher."

"A lot of things are going right. More is going right than wrong, for sure."

"I always wanted to become a professional baseball player. I could have gone to Arizona but my parents kind of let me make the decision, which was really nice. I feel I made the right call. I've never had any regrets since I signed the papers."

"I'd like to stay with the Brewers for my whole career, just like Robin Yount. That's what I'd like to do. That would be something special."

"I do have high expectations, like anyone does. I expect myself to do well. It comes with all of the work I've put in and what I expect from that work."

"I feel like I've kind of got that [injury-prone] label already. At least my injuries have been baseball injuries. They haven't been [me being] unhealthy, tearing hamstrings every year or something like that. I was sliding into home plate. It could have happened to anyone. It was just bad luck."

"I keep telling myself, 'Don't try to do too much.'"

"I know what I want and I'm going to work to get it."

"I'm starting to swing the bat now like I know I can. You can't really explain it. I'm just seeing the ball good and everything is going my way."

"No one really expects me to do anything offensively. But I expect a little more."

"Any time you have a guy like that who can play defense and hit like him, you need him in there. You need that position to be solid because that's the leader of the infield." - Prince Fielder

"He's an outstanding young man and an outstanding young player. He's a tremendous defensive player. He's got a chance to be a really, really solid offensive player, one of the best offensive shortstops in the National League. He's got great makeup for a young man. He's got tremendous leadership skills. He's the total package for a young player." - Ned Yost

"He's like a John Stockton at point guard. He knows where to be and he knows where the other guys are." - Doug Melvin

"He's very consistent in what he does. He's a true, bona fide shortstop. His instincts are born to be a shortstop. When you have somebody out there like that, it solidifies an infield. He doesn't make a lot of those little mistakes that you don't see in the box score but they still hurt the teams." - Dale Sveum

"I've always felt J.J. is a special player who could hit for power and average. I'm not overly surprised." - Ned Yost

"J.J. is a tough kid. I wasn't worried about him. I knew he would make it." - Ned Yost

"J.J.'s always been a great defender. We've all known that. He's had a little injury problem, but hopefully that is in the past and he can be the impact player everyone thinks he can be." - Bill Hall

"The thing I've noticed about J.J. is that he isn't a thinker out there," teammate Jeff Cirillo said. "He just goes out and does it." - Jeff Cirillo

"You just feel comfortable when balls are hit to him. You have confidence when the ball is hit to him you're going to get an out." - Doug Melvin