I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.
I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
I'm going to go back to the Bay Area, this is my thing, and I'm just going to open my own school of baseball. Find a facility, find a place and just teach kids. That's what I want to do.
Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.
As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.
I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
I'm an expert in baseball and I don't even have a job. I'm an expert, more so than a lot of people out there. It should be my career until I'm dead. I should be one of the instructors. I think I've earned it.
I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
I don't want to be a Major League coach.
I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.
My career is an open book, but my life is not.
I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.
