If all of us who love baseball and are doing our jobs, then those who get the game from us will be as proud to be a part of it as we were. And we are. This game is a gift, and I am humbled, very humbled, to accept its greatest honor.

We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.

He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.

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

My father wasn't the best role model to me.

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes - and I saw Derek Jeter. They don't have to tell people they're good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.