The really strong cards from the original game started in the few-dollars range. The Black Lotus ones now can fetch $3,000 on eBay. I have a nice one; I've held on to a few over the years.

Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak. Be grateful to the mud, water, air and the light.

From my standpoint, this was sweeter than any of the other ones that I have had, because we started 1-2.

We knew we had to keep playing until the game was decided one way or the other. We played 10, 15 innings sometimes. The All-Star Game was important to us. We weren't worried about setting records. We were worried about winning.

Lazio started very strong, but we tried to play our game, pass the ball and score goals,

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.