Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.

By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.

Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.

My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.

I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.

I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all for the state of Alabama.

The only thing I would change is during the summer - when I was working my summer job, if I was smart, I would have taken flying lessons at Auburn.