I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?

I had three jobs my junior and senior year of high school. I worked for the gas station and worked for a pizza place.

When you say you are a gamer and you are a celebrity or a former celebrity there's a grain of salt that everybody takes that with.

I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

I've been able to do what I love and what I'm passionate about my entire life. I made, you know, an insane amount of money playing baseball.