Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.