I want to play again; I intend to play again, |
I was a part of a lot of fun things, but it was my time to move on. |
I'm getting a little of the hunger to play ball back, |
I'm going to give this everything I've got, go at it full force. I expect to go out and have a great season. When I'm back next year and I don't have that feeling, I'll go home. And no one will have to tell me. I'll know. I'll go home. |
I'm just all out of good answers. |
I'm prepared for this; I know what it will take, because I've had a weird career full of ups and downs. |
I've got four months of hard [weight-]lifting ahead of me, ... I've been keeping up, eating right. But sitting around instead of playing I feel soft. That will change. |
It is a tough road now. We've been calling this a poor start, but how much longer is it just the start to the season? When does the start blend into the long road of the season? |
It was a very tough and emotional day for me, but it's all I've ever done and ever known. It was a tough decision that I thought through, and I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to play anymore. |
It's a wrench in our schedule, without a doubt. |
It's irrelevant to me. It's not about that. It's about finishing my career the way I want to finish it. |
It's just kind of bad timing right now, with the Iraq situation and all. But [Major League Baseball] has been working on this thing for months. If they thought there was even a slight risk, I don't think they'd allow us to go through with this. |
Last year was a very humble experience, but it's not the first time I've ever been humbled. It's a different situation than I've ever been in, but it's a game, it's life. |
Now I've got to go out and give myself the best chance possible to live up to my intention, |
That's what I remember, being a kid, and he's got so much love right now for this game. That's how you need to be in this game. You've got to have that. And when you don't have that, you're wasting everybody's time. |