The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.

If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

But there was also a little of that thing they say about New Englanders: Being from here doesn't prevent me from doing anything, it just prevents me from enjoying it.

A million years went by quick.

People in New England think that the Red Sox won that series, three games to four.

I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you'd ever be up there with those guys.