To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first pitch I threw was to third baseman Bob Bailey. It was a fastball, low and away. He ripped it for a home run down the left field line. I said, 'Damn, that was a pretty good pitch.

But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.