Well, Rickey's not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?

I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.

I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.

I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.

My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.