One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.

I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.

Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.

I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.