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Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all.

When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.

I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.

You know, when you can play with the greatest players of that particular era, you look forward to going to the ballpark. I mean, you thought it was great to be there in the clubhouse. You thought it was great to be on the field.

People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

I never get used to going out and seeing 20, 30,000 people that are there to see us play. It's kind of surreal.

Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.

No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen.

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors.