I thought I was better than him last year, really. The players on the team thought so too, but he was a good back, and I looked up to him.

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity.

I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.

The mind does different things in performance, and conscious thought sometimes takes a backseat.

Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings that I thought was unfair.

This is what people don't understand. When they might see me do something that's not 'God-like,' then they say, 'Well, I thought you were saved?' I am saved. I'm not perfect. I have emotions still. My name's still Gary. These things here are not all cleaned up. I'm showing you my path.