I'm not worried about that right now, ... If I can keep playing, it'll happen. If I don't, it won't happen. |
I'm not worried about that right now. |
I'm playing. Moises (Alou) has been out there every single day. His legs are a little bit sore. I'm playing. I've got to get through it, regardless. |
I'm still in spring training mode, ... I'm trying to bottle six weeks (of training) into 20 games. Whatever I'm able to give would be a lot. |
I'm still unsure of if and when I'll be able to come back this year. This has not changed in the past couple of weeks. I'm working hard on the bike and the elliptical machine, but I'm just not there yet. While I continue to progress, I do not want to push myself to come back sooner and ultimately jeopardize the health of my knee and suffer a setback. However, I still remain optimistic. |
I'm used to it. It's harder with my leg, though, a lot harder. Why should it be different past to present? |
I'm very anxious to get on the field, |
I've been able to see that other side of the fence. I don't think the transition will be that difficult. |
I've been hearing wild fans my whole career for 20 years. Why should that bother me? |
I've been in L.A. for the most part in 90-degree weather, ... Coming up here to San Francisco and the cold ... I just want to see how I come out of it. |
I've never cared about records anyway. So what difference does it make? Right now, I'm telling you, I don't even want to play next year. Baseball is a fun sport. But I'm not having fun. I love the game of baseball itself, but I don't like what it's turned out to be. I'm not mad at anybody. It's just that right now I am not proud to be a baseball player. |
I've played a long time. I've had a lot of fun doing it. We'll tackle that bridge when it happens. I'll sit back and talk with my family and take a long, long vacation and see how I feel. I could do that and get in the wintertime and say, ?That's enough,' and somewhere in January wake up and say, ?That's not enough. |
If I can play [in 2007], I'm going to play; if I can't I won't. If my knee holds up, I'll keep on going. I'm playing psychological games with myself right now. I don't want to set myself up for disappointment if things don't work out this season. So I go back and forth. Back and forth every day. These are the things that are going through my mind. This is what I'm struggling with. |
If I hit 12, the ratio would still be down, |
If I just had to take a hunch, a guess, it won't be [Saturday], |