Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I'm not the thief who grabs your purse. I'm not the guy who jacks your car. I'm not down with the people who steal and hurt others. I'm just a brother who fight back.
What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man.
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.
Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.
I want to find someone who's really magnetic but who isn't going to do anything bad to me. It's hard.
It's nice to be known as a good player. But I want to be known as a good person, too.
To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man.
There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in.
