I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.

I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.

Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house.

I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.

In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.

But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.

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).