If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.

I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat over my thigh. The bat split right in half. Afterward, reporters asked me if it was the first time I'd ever broken a bat over my thigh. "I broke an aluminum bat over my knee in college," I said. (I was just kidding).

It is better to give a lick than receive one.