Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.

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

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

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit.

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.