What is it like going from being a professional baseball player to now a reality star on a very successful show: "It's a completely different lifestyle. My life has changed drastically in a year. Just everything that's happened. Just being part of entertainment instead of athletics, it's a lot different. It's entertaining, it's fun, it's a good experience.

On being a reality star: "It's fun just to one day show my future kids, `hey this is what I was a part of back when I was younger.' It's fun and it's something to look back on. It's not going to last forever and that's why I have my education and my degree and hopefully I get to go back to baseball. It's just a fun experience and it's something I do with my friends. You get to do a lot of fun things that people don't get to do usually. I just like to have fun. I'm a happy guy. I'm just having fun with the whole thing. I'm not taking myself seriously and whatever happens, happens. I'm not trying to be someone I'm not."

... on HIMSELF

Strengths: "I’m loyal, generous and funny. I'm just a down-to-earth, happy go lucky guy. I like to have fun. I'm always laughing and I like to please everybody."

Weaknesses: "Sometimes I can be too generous and too trusting. I’m also not very confrontational - I don’t know if that’s a strength or a weakness. Sometimes people take advantage of that. Men, women, anybody. I think I'm just naturally that way, I'm a naturally giving person, a happy person, I want everyone to be happy, have fun. Because when everyone's having fun, that's when I have fun."

"Id say it's a little bit of both. Being non confrontational, it keeps you out of a lot of fights but yet when you're non confrontational and you need to stick up for yourself, I think, that's when it becomes a negative for me."

Others may not see: "That I’m not that `guy' and that I’m actually really hard working."

Biggest misconceptions about you: "That I've come from a wealthy family and I've never worked for anything in my life. I've been playing baseball professionally since I've been 18 yrs old. I've rode on 14 hour bus rides, slept on floors of buses, had one day off a month for 7 months, traveled to different cities and slept at terrible hotels. People don't know that about me. They just see this glamorous lifestyle they see on The Hills and they don't know that I've worked hard to get there. I've created a lot of opportunities for myself through hard work and good habits."

Are there misconceptions about professional athletes that you get lumped into as well: "I wouldn't say that. I think most professional athletes who get where they've gotten have had to work hard and have good work ethics and for the most part are successful people. I'm sure a good looking athlete, people say, `oh, yeah, he's a player, he's a womanizer' and maybe sometimes I get lumped into that but when you meet the right girl and you really connect with someone, it kind of slows you down a little bit."

I've been known to ... "do pranks on my friends. I'm always joking around and doing something funny, writing on someone when they're sleeping, pouring water on someone when they least expect it. Just something funny to get people laughing and having a good time."

Interests: "Sports, politics and spending time with my family and friends."

Turn-ons: "A sense of humor. Being happy, having a family. Whatever you do, if it's a doctor, lawyer, writer, musician, baseball player, if whatever you choose to do in your life makes you happy, that's a turn on. I think family and friends and good people surrounding you is a turn on. So hard work, dedication and being around good people."

Turn-offs: "Clingy girls. I hate when someone calls you and leaves you a message, you call them right back and they don't answer their phone."

Special Talents: "I’m really good at water sports. Like scuba diving, surfing, fishing, free diving.  I'm a big outdoors and water guy. I grew up on the beach so I love the water. I cannot sing, dance, write or do poetry to save my life. God has not blessed me in that way."

Awards: "I was 8th pick in the draft for the Anaheim Angels right out of high school, so I guess I have been MVP a few times. In high school, I was league MVP, All American. I had a lot of honors in high school and being drafted the way I was."

Charities: "My sister Casey has a charity called the C.A.S.E.Y foundation. She started it but I like to work with her and help out as much as I can. It’s an awesome charity that works with kids to help promote the value of education. I would go read, throw a ball around, do something fun, play sports, do anything I can to help out, make them have fun and just show them that hard work pays off. I've been doing that since high school. My family's very big into philanthropy. More information at www.caseyreinhardt.com." 

15 minutes of fame: "Playing baseball for the Orioles and the Angels. Also a little show called THE HILLS."

Travels: "I do like to travel - I LOVE Maui. I've been all over the world. I've been to Europe many times, Asia, Africa, South America. I've been a lot of places. My parents took me all over the world when I was growing up. So I've seen a lot of cool places."

Spirituality: "I was raised Catholic. I'm very spiritual, God is a big part of my life. I thank God every day for all the blessings I have, and my family and my friends. It's so amazing."

Fashion sense: "I try to dress nice, but don’t spend too much time on it. I'm a jeans and T-shirt, Chuck Taylors, shorts, flip flops, tank top but I know how to dress when I need to dress up. I think it's a good balance of both."

Staying healthy: "I work out a lot - doing sprints and hill runs - and I eat healthy."

What touches my soul: "My mom’s home cooking. My mom makes the best spaghetti and meatballs you've ever tasted."

... on WOMEN

I first notice ... "her sense of humor. A girl needs to be funny, needs to interact, they need to have something upstairs, they need to be intelligent. She needs to be able to have a good time, yet when I want to stay in and watch a movie, they're fine with that as well. I like a girl who's balanced, intelligent, funny and has her own thing going for her. There's a million girls out there who are beautiful but I like to get to know a person, see what they're like inside before really, really pursuing something with them. I'm not all about looks, I think that's kind of shallow."

Attention-getters: "Confident, elegant and classy, That's the way they would catch my eye."

Ideal woman: "Hardworking, caring, understanding. With my lifestyle, they need to be very understanding. And treat me the way I treat them and everything will be great."

I can't resist a woman who ... "treats me well. That's very important to me. Life is all about what you put into it is what you're going to get out of it and I believe the same in a relationship. What you put in is what you're going to get out."

Most important quality in a woman: "A sense of humor. I love to laugh. I'm the guy who laughs at everything and anything. I'm always laughing, always having a good time and I love someone who makes me laugh. I can sit for hours and laugh."
 
Ideal date: "Romantic dinner by the ocean with someone you love."

I'd call a woman back after a first date ..: "if I had a good time, if I was interested. I don't really play the ... you got to wait two or three days. If I like a girl, I'm going to call her right away and say, `hey I really enjoyed spending time with you and let's get together as soon as we can.' Just if we have a spark connection, she made me laugh and we had a good conversation, I think that's the most important thing."

I'd never date a woman who ... "didn't get along with my family. I'd never date a girl seriously, my mom has to approve and my sister has to approve because if my mom and sister don't approve, it's only going to be hell for me, so I want to make sure they approve and everything will be good from them."

How I show I care: "I spoil her rotten with love and gifts. I'm a hopeless romantic, yeah, I am. Most people don't know that about me, I'm very romantic."

Most romantic thing you've done: "I cooked dinner for a girlfriend for Valentine's Day. I got a bunch of flowers, balloons and chocolates, got her a cool gift and cooked her dinner, so that was pretty cool."

Are you a good cook: "I'm not but I tried my best and I guess it's the thought that counts. I made Chicken Parmigiana and it didn't turn out too good but I tried."

What makes a woman unforgettable: "Just the way they hold themselves. Their confidence, if they're classy, some girls just have this extra sparkle that just lights up a room, and those are the ones that are just very confident in themselves and stand above the rest."

I wish women understood ... "Let the guy come after you, don't be so aggressive. If the guy's into you, he'll make sure you know that he's into you. Men like the chase, they like to pursue. I know for me, if a girl's all over me, it's not as exciting for me. I'd rather have a chase. I want to romance a girl a little bit, show her I really enjoy being around her and care for her, and just treat her like a queen."

One thing a woman has never done for me yet, but I would love it: "Ooh, that's a good question. I've never had a surprise birthday party thrown for me, I've always wanted that."

... on RELATIONSHIPS 

On relationship/marriage: "I'm still a little young now but in the next couple years, I'm kind of looking around. I've seen the world, I've been around, I've dated a few women and I know what I like and I know what I don't like. And when I meet that girl who really does it for me, I have no problem settling down and I'd love to start a family and get married." 

Is a relationship important to you: "Relationships are very important to me. It's fun spending time with someone who you really enjoy and care about. There's just something special about someone who connects with you and you get to have fun with and laugh and do fun things with. I think that's really cool."

What I love most about being in a relationship: "I love being able to wake up next to someone everyday, and just having them with me."

Top relationship keys: "Laughter, honesty, loyalty and fun."

A woman in a relationship with me can expect ... "all the boys coming by watching sports and just stopping by, hanging out. My house is kind of like a frat house. Everyone's always stopping by, hanging out. So she better like my friends or it's not going to fly."

What kind of boyfriend are you: "Lot of fun. She's going to get spoiled, she's going to get treated like a queen, just a lot of fun, a lot of laughter, a good time."
 
What I expect: "I just expect a girl to treat me the same way I treat them. I treat a girl I really care about great, so if she treats me like I treat her, everything's going to be great."

When I'm in love, I ... "don't look at anybody else but her."

What makes me feel close to a woman: "Being your girlfriend’s best friend." I believe that if you're in a serious relationship, they're your best friend and they know everything about you, and you should know everything about her. I believe that being as close as you can to someone, they need to know everything about you. Yeah, they're your best friend, and lover but I think first and foremost, you guys have to get along and there has to be a mutual respect for each other. If you have that, the sky's the limit."

Greatest relationship lesson: "Don’t ever let anyone change who you are because you won’t need to change for the right person."

What makes a woman marriage material: "A girl who's marriage material lets me do my own thing and is trustworthy and trusts me like I trust them. They have their own career, they're not using me for ulterior motives. money, fame, whatever it is, but that they love me for me and we have a great time together."

... on SEX 

What makes sex good: "When you’re really in love and it’s really special every time, and waiting for the right moment."

I feel my sexiest when ... "I have my shirt off."

Most sensual part of a woman's body: "Her smile. There's just something about a girl's smile that really makes me happy. When I look at their smile and I truthfully know they're smiling and they're having a great time. It's just a good feeling to have, it just makes me know that they're happy. When they're happy, I'm happy."

Sexiest thing a woman can wear in private: "Nothing."

Surefire way to seduce me: "Look at me in my eyes when she talks to me."

... on LIFE

Making my mark: "By giving back to others, and treating them with kindness & respect because God's blessed me and given me a fortunate life and I've accomplished and experienced so much at such a young age, that I think that you got to give back, in any way possible."

Responsibility to society: "To make people laugh."

Valuable life lesson: "Everything happens for a reason. When you least expect it, something it will happen. Just getting hurt last year and having knee surgery and moving back to LA and all this stuff happened, just being on the show and being on TV and living this whole lifestyle. It never would have happened if I didn't get hurt so I believe everything happened for a reason."

I must ... "get married, have kids, and just be happy."

Best advice received: "What you put into something is what you get out of it."

Best advice I've given a woman: "That guy’s a loser - get rid of him!" 

... on HIS FAVORITE THINGS

Movie: "All the Rocky movies."

TV Show: "Two and Half Men."

Music: "Sublime and music like that."

Food: "Sushi."

... final THOUGHTS

Wheels: "Hybrid Escalator and silver Aston Martin."

Pets: "An English bulldog named Gertrude."

Always in my refrigerator: "Beer, water and protein shakes."

Hottest possession: "My baseball glove."

I'd change places for 24 hours with … "JFK for sure! But only him, I love my life to much to change with other people! A young president and had a good looking family. He was a good role model and he changed our country forever. He was a cool guy."

I'd most like to hang out with ... "Joe DiMaggio. He was a Yankee baseball player, dated good looking girls. I find him kind of a cool guy.

Celeb I'd love to take on a date: "Marilyn Monroe. She was an icon, she really opened the door for girls to show their femininity."

Why I'm a great catch: "I treat women with respect."

Me in a word: "Kind."