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 want my career to be judged by what I did on the field. I appreciate the honors.

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

One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.

In the 8th inning you can't hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust.

It was always just trying to move to the next limit. I didn't think about making the major leagues - every kid has that dream, I had it, but when I was in Little League I just wanted to make the junior high team. When I was in junior high, I wanted to make the Varsity team.

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