Occupation: Baseball Player Birth: May 9, 1984
It's easier for me to accept that I can't play anymore because I literally gave it all I got. That allows me to be a little bit more at peace..
Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack..
You've got to have some fun before games or you make the season too long. We don't start work until seven o'clock. If you're game-ready at three, it'….
Obviously I wasn't playing well at the time. But as a player, you lie to yourself. You say, "There's nothing wrong. I'm just not on time [at the plat….
When I was playing, my wife and kids would go on the road with me, and we would go to different lunch spots that we saw on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Div….
I was a guy who came to work every day. I was there. When my manager got to the field at 12, I felt like there was no reason for him to ever wonder i….
It was pretty hard to actually have to say the words with my teammates, my wife and my boys there. I realized it was going to happen before that day ….
You don't need to have a perfect ending to be happy..
A friend of mine asked me a question at the end of 2015. We were going over my finances and setting things up for the future when she said, "What do ….
I'm still working out. It keeps me feeling good about things..
I'm just living a normal life - a regular life, as people would call it. I'm enjoying it..
A lot of people probably think I'm not athletic or don't even try to work out or whatever, but I do. Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't b….
Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens..
I definitely don't want to run any 5K races anytime soon. I can work out pretty hard as far as intensity. But as far as playing basketball or anythin….
If there's a man on second, I'm trying to get him in with a base hit. The doubles and homers will come. Sooner or later they'll go out naturally. I'm….
Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never as….
I have nothing left to prove. I've already done enough to my neck..
My main goal now is waking up healthy every day and going on with life..
I stick to safe, controlled movement. If it's not safe, I just won't do it..
I've always said, "You make a lot of money in Major League Baseball, and it's all guaranteed, so what do you have to lose by going all out?" ..
If I could even do that [playing] in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball..