Im a finesse pitcher without the finesse.

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

We played hard and we partied hard. I'm not ashamed of that. I was no angel - I did some things I shouldn't have done, lived a lifestyle I shouldn't have lived. I had a blast at times; other times, I probably compromised my job, my duty to do my job, to be ready as a professional.

I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.

A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

Im a finesse pitcher without the finesse.

It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and the juices start to flow. I think underestimated how much I was going to miss it.