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Once You Accept Defeat, It Becomes Ease To Lose. If Defeat Comes, Face It And Take It, But Don't Accept It.

People Say I Don't Have Great Tools. They Say That I Can't Throw Like Ellis Valentine Or Run Like Tim Raines Or Hit With Power Like Mike Schmidt. Who Can? I Make Up For It In Other Ways, By Putting Out A Little Bit More. That's My Theory, To Go Through Life Hustling. In The Big Leagues, Hustle Usually Means Being In The Right Place At The Right Time. It Means Backing Up A Base. It Means Backing Up Your Teammate. It Means Taking That Headfirst Slide. It Means Doing Everything You Can Do To Win A Baseball Game.

When People Ask Me, "who Was The Toughest Pitcher You Ever Faced?", I Have To Say That There Has Never Been A Pitcher Who Over-impressed Me. That's Not Meant To Be A Bragging Statement. It's Just That I Get Up For Good Pitchers.

I Don't Go To Bed Every Night Worried About Getting Back Into Baseball.

Hitting. That's What I Enjoy Most. Realistically, It's Probably The Hardest Thing To Do In All Of Sport. Think About It. You've Got A Round Ball, A Round Bat, And The Object Is To Hit It Square.