I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything.
My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.
Baseball wasn't easy for me.
I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.
I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.
At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.
I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.
When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?
I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.
I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers
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