I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

When I went to high school, my most passionate desire was to be a professional baseball player. But something within me told me that was not going to happen.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.