My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

All I really try and do is live up to my potential and do as well as I possibly could and to bring to the ballpark each and every day a good effort and do the best that I could each and every day.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.

Everywhere you go around the country, people relate to the consecutive games steak in one shape or form, whether it's school or how they approach their job. I'm still pretty amazed that it became a symbol. I didn't think it was that big a deal.

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