As long as I can compete, I won't quit.

Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.

Disadvantaged kids many times don't have the support network that we all have. I know how important my parents were in my life and many of these kids don't have that support network.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.

If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it replaces.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.