But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field – to enhance their physical appearance.
I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn’t the same as the one I was wearing, I’d run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
