I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball, and I knew I had to leave it.

Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout his career.

What's tough is being good every day.

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.

I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.

I don't rate them, I just hit them.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.