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I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind of a respectful thing.

When he asked if I would like to try second base, I thought, Hey, get me in the lineup.

And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it's almost like it happened to somebody else.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.

I could have coached better.

I remember teaching a clinic to other coaches, and a guy raised his hand and asked if I had any advice when it came to coaching women. I leveled him with a death-ray stare, and said, 'Go home and coach basketball.'

And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.

When the ball was hit, my first reaction as a shortstop was always go in the direction of the ball. You can't do that at first base. You go too far in that direction, and it's hard to scurry back and be ready to pick the throw.

I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.