One Thing Anyone Can Go Through Is

You Can't Get Real Happy Or Real Depressed When You Play Baseball. Baseball Is A Great Sport In That It Offers A Player A Lot Of Opportunities For Atonement.

Yes, Hard Is Good. When I Was In High School, I Spent A Lot Of Time On My Knees Playing With Balls. I Guess It Was Only Natural That I Became A Catcher.

Nobody Wanted Me. Scouts Told Me To Go To School, To Forget Baseball. Coaches Said, 'you're Never Going To Make It.' I Appreciated Their Honesty, Because I Think When Someone Tells You Something You May Not Like, You Have To Use That As Fuel For Motivation.

I Was A Last Round Draft Pick. Nobody Wanted Me. I Could Count The Amount Of Scouts That Told Me To Go To School, To Forget Baseball.

I Found It Hugely Insulting That People Believed I'd Go So Far Out Of My Way - Living With Playmates, Vacationing With Actresses, Showing Up At Nightclubs - To Act Out A Lifestyle That Would Amount To A Charade. If I Was Gay, I'd Be Gay All The Way.