If I Was Going To Make One

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.

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.

I Was Three Over. One Over A House, One Over A Patio, And One Over A Swimming Pool.

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