One of the walls of my bedroom was a collage of about 15 years of baseball photos. I would cut out the baseball pictures from every issue and I had this huge montage of thousands of pictures.
I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.
So every dollar of income that I have that is potentially taxed away is a dollar I can't put in my company to create a job. My entire company is around job creation.
I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.
I had the perfect job for a gamer. From February to October, I'd get up at 7 in the morning with nothing to do but play games until I had to be at the park around 1 or 2 o'clock. When I got back after the game, I played until 3 or 4 in the morning.
On a two week road trip I know I can get by better with no underwear than no laptop.
When you're having a bad day at work, a lot of times it's your head. When you're having good days, a lot of times it's the absence of the mind.
When you say you are a gamer and you are a celebrity or a former celebrity there's a grain of salt that everybody takes that with.
I don't vote party lines. Never have. I vote for the best candidate.
Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.
More often than not, what you open, unwrap and install on your hard drive is not what you were told you were getting.
I was raised to understand and know the difference between right and wrong.
You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.
I tell people all the time that without the fans, I've got nothing.
The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime.
I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?
I'm a very routine-oriented guy.
I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever.
A lot of my theories were not applicable as a closer
Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.
The real world has consequences when you do and say things about others. We're at a point now where you better be sure who you're going after.
I had three jobs my junior and senior year of high school. I worked for the gas station and worked for a pizza place.
I don't pitch for contracts.
I am human, when people write bad stuff about me it bothers me, but I know that will never end.
I've been able to do what I love and what I'm passionate about my entire life. I made, you know, an insane amount of money playing baseball.
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