My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread

But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.

You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.

Yeah, I'm going to go back (after hitting his 500th home run, but commenting on reaching the 3,000 hit plateau) to my Punch-and-Judy days, hit the ball the other way, start bunting the ball a little bit.

There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.