I Will Be A Role Model For

I'm No Different Than Others With Cancer. I Just Happen To Play Professional Baseball. I'm Part Of Those Statistics That Cancer Has Touched As Well.

Circulating Through The Children's Ward And Seeing Terminally Ill Kids, Heads Shaved, Smiling And Having A Ball Despite The Tubes And Needles Sticking Into Them, I Thought: What Do I Have To Worry About? If God Takes Me, At Least I've Lived For 35 Years.

Life Is Too Short To Worry About Anything. You Had Better Enjoy It Because The Next Day Promises Nothing.

Come On, When Does It Come To The Point Where Your Name Can't Come Up In Trade Talks? Willie Mays Got Traded. Pedro Martinez Got Traded. So What? That's Part Of The Game.

Not Being Re-signed In Baltimore Was Probably The Lowest Point, Mentally, Of My Career. That City Was The Only Place Where I Wanted To Be At The Time, Based On Everything That Had Transpired.