I Want To Establish Myself As The

I'll Have A Stamp On Me Forever. There Will Always Be Questions. I Brought New Fans To The Orioles' Organization, And That's Good.

I Was Disappointed In Everything - My Start And The Team's Start. People Got Down On Me, But I Never Got Down On Myself. I Still Believed I Could Be The Type Of Player Everyone, Including Me, Thought I Was Going To Be.

People Saw Me As Being Heroic, But I Was No More Heroic Than I Was With Other Injuries I Had, Like The Lacerated Kidney I Suffered During The 1990 World Series. It's Just That People Haven't Known Anyone With A Lacerated Kidney, But Everyone Can Relate To Someone With Cancer.

I'm No Different Than Others With Cancer. I Just Happen To Play Professional Baseball. I'm Part Of Those Statistics That Cancer Has Touched As Well.

You Can't Shelter It. You Can't Hide It. You Have To Let People Know What You're Going Through, What You're Feeling, What You Think You Have That's A Problem.