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

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

When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?

I take pride in the fact that you are able to make some good contributions to the sport at certain times.

Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do.

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

Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.