I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.

Don't put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.

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

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.

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

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.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.