What keeps me going? I guess it's just a desire to keep trying to contribute and do things in life.

A lot of people have been telling me that I was going to be in the Hall of Fame and those are nice words and I try not to think about it, but when the call came, it made it real. It was a pretty darned good feeling.

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.

There is somebody in our lives that we could call the Energizer Bunny and we admire for those qualities.

I'd like to be remembered. I'd like to think that someday two guys will be talking in a bar and one of them will say something like, 'Yeah, he's a good shortstop, but he's not as good as ole Ripken was.'

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

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.