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

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

I had a marvelous baseball career and after my baseball career, there is an abundance of opportunity out there.

I haven't given it (achieving 3,000 hits) much thought. I was taught a certain approach, how to come to the ballpark. I try not to do too much thinking about things like that. In this society we measure success in different ways. Three thousand (hits) represents success over a career, not a season. It'll be nice to get to that point.

I think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things that have come out of that. There has been a drug test policy that was been implemented that got the blessings of both the Players Association and MLB. They are trying to maintain the integrity of this sport and trying to get it back, but that cloud I think will hang over a little longer.

All I really try and do is live up to my potential and do as well as I possibly could and to bring to the ballpark each and every day a good effort and do the best that I could each and every day.

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