I Was Scared Everyday I Put On

He Said I Couldn't Do (off The Field) What I Did When I Was 23 Or 24, And I Paid Attention To Him. Damn It, I Got A Trainer And Went To Spring Training In The Best Shape Of My Career And In 1985 Had The Best Season I Ever Had And We Won The World Series. Before That, I Didn't Know How Long I Was Going To Play. That Talk With Mr. Fogelman Was The Most Inspiring Talk I Ever Had With Anyone.

My Father Cared A Lot About Me, But He Never Gave Me The Satisfaction Of Really Knowing It. Hitting .390 Wasn't Enough For Him. Nothing Seemed To Be. He Was Not Trying To Be Mean. He Was Just Seeing To It That I Never Got Self-satisfied, That I Worked Hard To Get The Most Out Of What I Had.

Do I Want Someone To Get More Hits Than Me? No. Do I Want Someone To Hit More Home Runs Than Me? No. Do I Want Someone To Have More Rbi Than Me? No. I Get A Kick Out Of Seeing The All-time Leaders And My Name's On Top Of Every One, With The Exception Of Strikeouts. I Get A Kick Out Of That.

Don't Try To Be A Hero. Try To Be A Winner.

Every Time I Sit With Our General Manager At A Baseball Game, And There's Number-cruncher And Statistician Guy - I'm Sitting Around - They Start Talking About Stuff, And I Say, 'what's That? I've Never Heard Of That One Before.