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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity.

Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional baseball player instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

I remember being, like, 5 years old, and my dad took me to a Yankees-Mets game. My dad had me on his shoulders and taught me one of the most important lessons about sports. He said, 'Jesse, just remember one thing, the Mets suck.'

I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

When I was a little boy, I didn't know what the Hall of Fame was. I was just playing the game of baseball, and I wanted to be just like my dad.

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.