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The fans treated me royally.

When I left the show, the fans were so amazing in terms of the outpouring of support and continued support all that time whatever ways they could be in touch with me.

The fans have been great, they've stuck with me through a lot of hit-less years and I think they were as determined as I was that it was time to put an end to the lack of hits.

You wear your team out, and it's hard to get them back.

The fans know what's happened to me over the past couple of years. I lost my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that I've had some hard times - and that's the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet.

I didn't do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.

I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.

I've been around so long and no matter if I've done good things or bad things, or my personal life has been good or bad, the fans have always stuck with me.

I stayed close to my family. My family never changed.

I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.