I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.

I hear over and over again from local leaders and business owners that one of the best ways we can revitalize our cities and towns is to support brownfields cleanup efforts.

There needs to be leadership in the heartland of America.

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.