There is no way, believe me, despite my name being Winfield, and loving the game dearly. It wasn't in the cards. I didn't know what it was going to take to get here.

To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.

I went to jail. I looked like one of those savings-and-loan guys leaving the jail house.

I'm just glad to get off three-hundred ninety-nine (career home runs). It sounds like something you'd purchase at a discount store.

Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota.

You know, many of you kids can't relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to have success. We're looking for things that come in a minute. It just doesn't happen.

I never had to cheat, I get them with what I got.