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People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that.

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

This will be my last contract. I wanted it to be a good one.

One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000.

It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money.

I don't pitch for contracts.

I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.