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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.

I Used To Be A Mad Hitter. And Then I Learned The Longer You Wait Out The Ball, The Better You See It. And The Better You See It, The Harder You Hit It. And The Harder You Hit It, The Higher Your Average Is Going To Be. And The Higher Your Average Is, The More Money You're Going To Make.

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.

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.

I Never Lifted A Weight In My Life. Why Am I Going To Do Steroids? That's Not Going To Do Me Any Good. We Didn't Have Any Weights In Our Clubhouse. We Had One Exercise Bike And That Was For The Guy Who Tweaked His Hamstring. And That Thing Didn't Even Work Half The Time.