You Can Have Fun, Respect The Game

I'm Focussing On What I Haven't Attained, Not What I Have. A Lot Has Come To Me Early. I Don't Want To Get Consumed With That. Winners Live In The Present Tense. People Who Come Up Short Are Consumed With Future Or Past. I Want To Be Living In The Now. My Goal Is To Play One Full Game In The Now, But I Haven't Even Gotten Past The First Inning Yet. I Start Thinking About Where My Mom Is Or If My Dogs Have Been Fed. The Average Human Has 2,000 Thoughts A Day. The Really Accomplished Have 1,500 Because You Can Focus Longer. I Need To Learn How To Focus Longer.

Michael Jordan Told Me The Way He Kept The Crown Was By Always Outworking Everyone Else Because He Knew Everyone Was Always Coming After Him. You Can Sneak Up On People When You Are 18, 19, 20. It's Tougher When You're Established. Before, I'd See 13, 14, 15 Pitches That I Could Drive In A Game. Now, I See One, Two Or Three, So I Have To Be Better.

Not One Day Goes By When I Don't Remind Myself Of How Grateful I Am For Those Who Came Before Me Over The Last 25 Years. When I See Players Like Mike Schmidt And Johnny Bench, I Thank Them.

Why Do People Sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame When They're Already There?

I've Never Experienced- Besides The Birth Of My Two Daughters-the Feeling Of Winning A World Championship In New York In The New Stadium. It's Something I'll Never Forget.