It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times.

It's always exciting that you can rub elbows with some of the greatest players who have ever played the game, and just being around the "family" again from baseball.

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

You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.

I love talking about baserunning.

I don't think some of the players understand what the people are about. The people are coming out to show you their appreciation of the game, and the player that you are.

Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.