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 don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.

The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become.

The reality is that players can't play forever.

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.

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.

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?