I Wanted To Play Baseball!

I've Kept In Touch With Many Of My Former Teammates: Bob Marcucci Was Our Team Manager And We Bonded Over Our Passion For Baseball.

The Lifespan Of Most Professional Athletes Is Relatively Short, And Most Have No Preparation For Doing Anything After Their Career Ends, Which It Could In An Instant.

Pride Was His Life Force; For Us It Was A Live Nerve That He Could Teach Us To Brush. One Stroke, A Good Practice, And We Could Tingle For Days ... First, He Found The Pride In Each Of Us, Then He Taught Us How Good It Could Feel. What He Was Ultimately After Was For Every One Of Us To Learn To Light Our Own Fires And Glow Our Brightest.

When I Was At Ucla, The Harlem Globetrotters Offered Me A Million Dollars To Come Play For Them. I Turned It Down Because My Education Was Just As Important As Playing Ball.

I Think That The Good And The Great Are Only Separated By The Willingness To Sacrifice.