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.

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

It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.

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

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.

I loved throwing a baseball. It is so important to find something in life you feel crazy about. Because you are so passionate you naturally practice. The hard work that it takes to do something well will come easily.

I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.