I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.

Because I want to have my arm in good shape, I need to have my legs in good shape. Without a leg, there is no arm.

I love my teammates, and I'll do anything for them.

You can't have a family when you're playing because you're away from home so much. So believe me, I won't be pitching forever. I won't make it to 300 wins or anything like that. No way.

I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that's what I try to do.