If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.
I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life.
But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.
You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
Even when I wasn't playing, I always had a smile on my face because if I acted sad or mad, it wouldn't help me.
I'm never entirely happy. That's just part of my personality, and I just have to accept that.
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
You can't get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a lot of opportunities for atonement.
You're going to play good. You're going to play bad. But as long as I stay healthy, I should be happy. Every player should feel the same way.
As a human being, I'm kind of a cheery melancholic. I have energy; I'm happy.