Gary Sheffield

My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get.

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

I trust no one totally.

I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is your life and everything else is secondary.

I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.

I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to rush it. I gave it a year and now it's time to say goodbye.