People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.