I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.
I enjoy baseball more than anything and would like to be involved with it forever, but the reality is your survival is determined by how well you compete, not by your fondness for the game.
I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.
I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
When I went to high school, my most passionate desire was to be a professional baseball player. But something within me told me that was not going to happen.
We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
Baseball is the greatest sport in the world. It is the cleanest, besides affording more people the right kind of amusement than any other. I do not say that because I have made my living at it. I say it from the heart.
I just want to play baseball.
I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.
I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
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