Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

You don't project yourself in the Hall of Fame as a player. It's only during that five-year period where people start asking about it, and it doesn't seem real until it happens.

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.

I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.

I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.