Away Quote by Cal Ripken, Jr

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball…

— Joe Namath

I was never one of those kids that felt like I had to go to practice or that I was being made to go…

— Tyler Hoechlin

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game…

— Mark McGwire

Taking the GED and moving on to my dream of playing baseball was what I wanted to do, and my mom and dad supported…

— Jeremy Bonderman

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

— Allan Ray

I was a last round draft pick. Nobody wanted me. I could count the amount of scouts that told me to go to school,…

— Mike Piazza

I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career for a…

— Tyler Hoechlin

Actually, I wanted to play baseball. Honestly, I just think with a kid developing, playing a lot of sports, it's just kind of whatever…

— Chris Long

I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows me to…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music…

— Jason Aldean

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

— Takeru Kobayashi