Baseball life is a tough life on the family.

What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?

For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.

I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job.

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

I guess that's what Little League is all about -- trying.