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.

All good balls to hit are strikes, though not all strikes are good balls to hit.

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.

Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play.

You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.