We spent a lot of money on some players.
Golf is something I do selfishly for myself.
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.
My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.
Any one game in baseball doesn't tell you that much, just as any one poll doesn't tell you that much.
If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.
That's all baseball is, is numbers; it's run by numbers, averages, percentage and odds. Managers make their decisions based on the numbers.
I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.
I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more.
More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.
I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.
I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman.
I kind of dress like a boy from the nineties. I like wearing baseball hats. I just like to be really comfortable.
Short of baseball and my family, it was gaming. And gaming is a $20-million to $200-million multi-year effort. It's an insane, stupid and utterly irresponsible act. But I did it.
I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game of baseball. I wanted to start a family. I was happy.
Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.
I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.
There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.
Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.
