Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation - and it's called October.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

I made mistakes. I can’t whine about it. I’m the one that messed up and I’m paying the consequences. However, if I am given a second chance, I won’t need a third chance. And to be honest with you, I picked the wrong vice. I should have picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second chance. They haven’t given too many gamblers second chances in the world of baseball.

The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.