Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Take time to thank everyone who has helped you along the way.

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.