I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

I've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion for baseball.

I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.