Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

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.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

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.

As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.

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