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I was born to play baseball.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

I had an addiction to play baseball.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

I wanted to play baseball!

My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

I enjoy baseball more than anything and would like to be involved with it forever, but the reality is your survival is determined by how well you compete, not by your fondness for the game.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.