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.

In baseball, there's always the next day

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform.

I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.

I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.

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 got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.