I have no problem with my hips – I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I’m just not the fastest person on the field anymore.
The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.
My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house.
I was always an Alabama fan growing up, but when the Alabama recruiter told me I would probably not be able to play until the end of my sophomore year, or the beginning of my junior year.
I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
I love going out and doing new things.
Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
I always wanted to be a pilot.
I’ve taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren’t too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.
Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
The only thing I would change is during the summer – when I was working my summer job, if I was smart, I would have taken flying lessons at Auburn.
By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.
The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.
But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don’t like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.
Well, back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade – that’s all that we knew.
I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.