The game is my life. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.