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.

I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

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

I haven't missed a game in two-and-a-half years. I go to the park as sick as a dog and, when I see my uniform hanging there, I get well right now. Then I see some of you guys (media) and I get sick again.

I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.