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I'm not the best athlete.

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

I'm not athletic.

I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.

I explain to athletes, you're supposed to be a well-oiled machine. You're supposed to be in better shape than the people watching you. You're supposed to be an unbelievable specimen of a human being. You have to treat your body different while you're performing.