I think this will live with me for the rest of my life.

[OAKLAND: Top starters Rich Harden and Barry Zito will get an extra day of rest next week. Dan Haren will pitch Tuesday at Detroit and Kirk Saarloos on Wednesday. ... DH-1B Scott Hatteberg has a strained right stomach muscle, though he played Saturday. Manager Ken Macha is considering keeping Hatteberg out of the lineup Sunday and Tuesday, giving him a total of three days to rest with Monday's off day. ... Macha would like to get LHP Ricardo Rincon into a game soon. He hasn't pitched since Monday. ... OF Jay Payton is feeling the best he has at the plate in a long time. He has five homers in his last 11 games, and he homered in consecutive games for the third time since joining the A's on July 13 in a trade with Boston.] Right now I feel as good as I ever have, ... A couple of minor things make a world of difference.

Once your program can say, 'gold medal program,' it attracts kids.

If it does become big, that would just be a gold mine.

I just wanted to go for it and forget everything.

There's just rules to what you're doing. No matter what's happening, you need to be aware, and if you lose that awareness, you shouldn't have a rifle in your hand.