A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine

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 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.

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers