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.

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

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

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

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.

Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.

By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.