So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think about it, it's almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long.

The last thing you want to do is go down in the history of All-Star game competition as the only injury (his nose was broken by Roberto Hernandez) sustained during the team picture.

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

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

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

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.

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