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

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

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

If you keep harping on a disability, then you'll start believing there is one. So I don't.

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.

I think you need optimism. I believe that's incredibly important that you be optimistic that you can do things different and still do them just as well. That's very important to success - just to have a positive outlook. I know it's not easy to do that.