Just let me do what I'm doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was. Don't try to sum up my career in one or two seasons. Let me finish it first.

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 guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

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 a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.

Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.

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.