I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job... The passion for baseball is always going to be there.

A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.

I think baseball has moved on in many ways and the focus on the competitions on the field is really what the game is all about. It seems to be healthy. It seems more people are watching it.

I am driven by what you are able to accomplish and how you are able to help some people. I go about it each and every day, sometimes I think I say yes too much and I am too busy in my life.