I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to a World Series for Cub fans.

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.