Quotes About Pro ball

Once I got a bit older, and we could see there could be a future in football, it was everyone's blessing to chase that dream. And it did me a lot of good: It put me through college, it gave me an education, it got me a little taste of pro ball and a lot of good memories. I don't regret any of it.

It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever.

Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.

I played baseball in college, and then I went to Russia to study acting and played some pro ball over there.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball when he had the great homer year with Mark McGwire in '98. But I followed it, and I was proud of him because he was my countryman. There are a lot of great ballplayers from the Dominican, and he's one of the best.

In college, I was a running QB. We were a sprint out offense, so I had a big transition going into pro ball.

That's your dream, to play professional baseball. When you get the opportunity like that, getting drafted - especially by Oakland, a California team, pretty close to home - it was tempting. At the time, I just didn't think I was ready or mature enough mentally or physically to start pro ball.

I don't believe in moral victories. I don't think in pro ball they exist, and they shouldn't exist.