If You Screw Up And Do Something,

I've Got A 15-year Old Son And A 10-year Old Daughter, And If They Were Going To Do One Of The Following Things: Be An Alcoholic; Be A Drug Offender; Beat Their Wife Or Husband; Or Gamble. I Hope They Would Gamble.

Doctors Tell Me I Have The Body Of A Thirty Year Old. I Know I Have The Brain Of A Fifteen Year Old. If You've Got Both, You Can Play Baseball.

People Say I Don't Have Great Tools. They Say That I Can't Throw Like Ellis Valentine Or Run Like Tim Raines Or Hit With Power Like Mike Schmidt. Who Can? I Make Up For It In Other Ways, By Putting Out A Little Bit More. That's My Theory, To Go Through Life Hustling. In The Big Leagues, Hustle Usually Means Being In The Right Place At The Right Time. It Means Backing Up A Base. It Means Backing Up Your Teammate. It Means Taking That Headfirst Slide. It Means Doing Everything You Can Do To Win A Baseball Game.

Whoever Said "it's Not Whether You Win Or Lose But How You Play The Game" Is Full Of It! Winning Makes All The Difference In The World. Winning Is Fun. Losing Is Not. Losing Sucks.

Pressure? Well It Ain't Hitting In Forty-four Straight Games, Because I Done That And It Was Fun. The Playoffs Are Pressure.