Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.

I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.

There's only one Michael Jordan.

I think most micro-brewers/craft-brewers are similar in that they enjoy making something themselves and at the end of the day they can enjoy the fruit of their labor. Most people really enjoy the process of making beer and like the industry as a whole. We often are passionate about what we do and enjoy talking to people about the art and science of making beer.

I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game.

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.