By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical ….

I am my own person. What I'm doing, I'm happy with it. I'm doing what I want to..

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates..

My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog..

I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me..

Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house..

When I was a kid, everybody in the neighborhood picked me to be the one in jail or be in the cemetery by the time I was 20..

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there..

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball..

Don't run too fast through life. You only have one..

Just let me do what I'm doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was. Don't try to sum up my career in one or two seaso….

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he do….

You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal..

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally..

I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to..

I love going out and doing new things..

In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there..

The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians..

I'm the type of person, I cross the bridges once I get to 'em. I don't try to plan my life three, four months in advance, because you don't know if t….

I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anyth….

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it..