It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

I was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me. I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.

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.

It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.

Baseball and football are very different games. In a way, both of them are easy. Football is easy if you're crazy as hell. Baseball is easy if you've got patience. They'd both be easier for me if I were a little more crazy - and a little more patient.

So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.