One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they've given so much to you.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people.

One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they've given so much to you.

I'm glad I don't have to face that guy (Don Mattingly) every day. He has that look that few hitters have. I don't know if it's his stance, his eyes or what, but you can tell he means business.

He makes it look easy. You wish there was another league he could get called up to.

When I went back to Shea last year it really hit me how much the fans care for me, it still gives me goose bumps. I want to do the right thing for them and my family.