A lot of my friends and guys who I have watched and grew up with and who have been at my house are Hall of Famers, and I just know them as Ozzie Smith, Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield... I know these guys like my older brothers and uncles, the guys who took care of me.

Most of the people that I still talk to and hang out with, to them, I'm just Ken.

We're here for one reason, and that's to win ballgames. You're going to have your feuding in there. But that is not going to carry over to the field. That's just the way it is.

It's not so much what one person does. It's what we do as a team.

It's not what one person does. One person is going to get to be the star of the game. But it might have been the guy who got the guy over that's the real star of the game.

If you ask my wife, she says I play too much golf. I usually play about four times a week.

I just try to keep normal days, day in and day out.

Sometimes I'm like, Wow, 'Criminal Minds' is deep.

I just want to play baseball.

I had more offers in football than baseball.

I'd have probably gone to Michigan. Only because one of my friends, Vada Murray, who passed away, went to Michigan and as a freshman and sophomore he was my big brother at Moeller.

You're only a first-round pick for one year.

There are more second-, third-, fourth-, fifth- and so on in the big leagues than first-round picks.

I went out there and played as hard as I could because that's the only way I know how to play.

I've been taking pictures at Trey's games since he was seven.

I don't like to be talked about, especially by somebody that doesn't know me.

I didn't go into the Hall of Fame until I was a Hall of Famer. Three times I had been there, I never stepped foot inside.

The Hall of Fame is pretty good at preparation and getting you ready for what to expect.

I might go 0 for 4 in a game, but I still had a chance to help the team by making plays in the field.

Baseball and golf have a lot of things in common, including the fact that players in both games love hitting for power. However, in both sports, trying to do so strictly with muscle strength doesn't work very well. In fact, I see a lot of guys in both baseball and golf struggle when they try to swing with tight arms.

I didn't start playing golf until '94, when the strike cut the season short. Never having played as a kid definitely makes it a challenge.

I was just putting way too much pressure on myself. I was just trying to get that validation from my dad. It got so bad I remember my high school coach telling him not to show up to games.

I'm damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner.

Out of my 22 years, I've learned that only one team will treat you the best, and that's your first team.