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I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.

I was born to play baseball.

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.

For me, baseball just brings up a lot of nostalgic, happy feelings because I enjoyed it as a kid, and I liked being out there playing in the sun, and it was a simpler time for all of us.

My baseball career was a long, long initiation into a single secret: At the heart of all things is love.

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

Baseball's my life.

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

My father played baseball. That's what I know to do. That's my gift. God has given me the greatest gift. And that's what I love to do.