"The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime."
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards."
Soren Kierkegaard on Experience"The only source of knowledge is experience."
Albert Einstein on Experience"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn."
C. S. Lewis on Experience"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."
Oscar Wilde on Experience"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
Mark Twain on Experience"I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career."
"I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset."
"I've helped create over 400 jobs in the worst economy of my lifetime. That's cool."
"Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death."
"I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?"