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I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it.

When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about.

If I would take a job with a professional league, I need to be ready.

Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big leagues and have them ready when they get there, but everyone in the minors wants to be in the majors.

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

I think the outside world can learn a lot about how to act by watching a major league clubhouse. I don't think you want to do everything the same, but there's a lot of things I think people could learn from.

I would like to involve and love to work with young players.

If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.