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

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

I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out.

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

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.

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

A million years went by quick.