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

They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion

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.

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.