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

Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have.

People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.

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.

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.

Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.