In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.

I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.