It was always baseball for me. This is what I always wanted to do.
It was always a dream of mine to play for the Orioles.
I wanted to be part of the Houston Astros when they become a good team. That was my motivation... I never had in my mind the idea of playing with any other teams.
I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.
He's (George Steinbrenner) the one who gave me a chance to get to the World Series. This is where I wanted to be all along. We had a couple of nice offers from other teams, but I tied my agents' hands. I told them I wanted to be a Yankee.
I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.
I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career for a long time. I turned down multiple jobs and meetings because of it.
