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Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's a real true love.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

Baseball's my life.

Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on.

I've always been a great lover of baseball.

It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.

Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.

I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.

I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.