Somehow, I've been blessed to be able to have the young spirit inside - not feel like every year I get a year older. I feel like every year I get a year younger. I don't wake up in the morning with aches and pains.

Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.

If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.

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.

The only thing I wish I could figure out is how I got misunderstood regarding the type of person I really am and what I accomplished.

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

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?