I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.

I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows me to have, which means I'm home until my kids go off to college. I value that time.

When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.

You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.