Slowing it all down and analyzing our mental approach is a surprisingly effective way of becoming a better player.

I knew how far a little boy or girl could run with 50 words of reassurance.

My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and, because I loved it, I practiced it. Some of us have limitations, but if you are passionate about something and if you have the drive, then you can accomplish it.

What's cool about baseball is you don't have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up and give them a big hug. Those friendships endure.

I hope what people learned from watching me is that just because you do things a little differently doesn't mean you can't do them just as well.

I wanted to be like Nolan Ryan. I didn't want to be like Pete Gray...And I don't want kids to be like me because I have one hand. I want kids to be like Jim Abbott because he's a baseball pitcher at Michigan and he won the Big Ten Championship game, and not because I can field a bunt and throw to first.

I think my career will be remembered for what it was and what it is, and I don't need more than that.