I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.
I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all.
When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.
I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.
I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.
I was a good fielder in the gully in my college days. But in the outfield, I was not such a good fielder.
Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.
I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.
I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman.
I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.