What Happened To Me Should Teach Everybody

I'm A Guy That People Look At Me Not Only As A Guy That Hit The Ball.

They Pick Me [to Be Tested For Steroids] Every Time. I Don't Know Why. I Don't Know If It's Because I'm A Big Guy, Or What, But All I Know Is All They Are Going To Find Is A Lot Of Rice And Beans.

The Docf All Started When I Made A Trip To A Local Hospital In The Dominican Republic. I Was Visiting Children Who Had Received Life-saving Heart Care Operations. I Couldn't Help But Think That In Another Life, One Of These Kids Could Be My Own Son. If It Wasn't For Baseball, I May Have Remained In The Dominican Republic And Who Knows Where Life Would Have Taken Me. It Was Then That I Knew That I Had To Use The Gift That I Received, To Play Baseball, To Do Whatever I Could To Give Back.

I Start Thinking About Life After Death. I've Got To Quit Thinking About It Because It's Very Deep. Very Deep. Sometimes You Start Thinking About It, And You Don't Feel Like You Want To Be Alive, So I Don't Like To Get All Quiet.

My Mom, She Wasn't Like A Baseball Mother Who Knew Everything About The Game. She Just Wanted Me To Be Happy With What I Was Doing.