I realize now what a great job my wife Michelle did, not only in raising our children, Melissa, Amy, Dustin, and Jenna, but in taking care of me.

I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.

But what I'd really like to tell you is I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame. Standing here with all these great players was beyond any of my dreams.

You know no one ever accomplishes something like this without a lot of help from good people along the way. And this is certainly true in my case, and I would like to thank some of those people.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.

You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

I never faced a pitcher with better stuff than Nolan Ryan.

And George Brett. I think most people know that George and I have become pretty good friends over the years.

When One judges another, they unconsciously allow themselves to be judged.

What is the biggest thing that stops people from living their lives in the present moment? Fear - and we must learn how to overcome fear.

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

I'm praying that was my one little dip in the cancer pool. I hope never to have to revisit that, but I learned a lot, I'm cancer free with a bright and hopeful future.

This is one of the reasons we need to transition: people can't validate an identity they can't see.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

Success for most people requires unlearning as much as learning.

How much longer will you go on letting your energy sleep? How much longer are you going to stay oblivious of the immensity of yourself?

A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography.