I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.

When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.

If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

Baseball wasn't easy for me.