Major League Baseball

"After four years of putting my body through hell I'm amazed at how well it's held up."

"Being the first pick is an honor."

"Cocaine doesn't discriminate. It'll get anybody. It got me quick."

"If I did something stupid-something I shouldn't be doing-it would be all over the nation. I would be such a hypocrite, I'd let everyone down. That's why I go to the ballpark, and I go home. Park. Home. Park. Home."

"I go to sleep every night and wake up every morning, and everything's clear."

"I'll always miss pitching."

"I'm at peace with myself. There's nothing that frightens me."

"It's my privilege to tell my story. I never get tired of telling it. I know just how fortunate I am."

"It's the support group I have here that makes staying clean easy."

"I was a man with no soul."

"Just being back on the field is awesome."

"There is no reason why I shouldn't be dead or crippled."

"This is an awesome team to be around. Great guys. I want to be a part of that. I want to work harder and I want to work better."

"You have no idea what I've been through."

"Do I worry about a relapse? I used to worry a lot … but I don't worry about it much anymore." - Katie Hamilton

"He looked like a big leaguer in high school. No kids look like that." - Mark McKnight

"He plays the shallowest center field I've ever seen. And he can still get the ball like nobody's business." - Raul Ibanez

"He's a great player." - Ron Washington

"I remember seeing him taking BP with the Devil Rays in 2000 during spring training and I was like, 'Who's that?'" - Sean Casey

"It just killed me to see the difficulties he had." - Jerry Narron

"It's amazing how many scouts say he's the best player they've ever seen." - Jon Daniels

"It's Hollywood, man, pure Hollywood." - Mike Berger

"Josh Hamilton is the best baseball player to walk the planet." - Ian Kinsler

"We felt with his upside, if he had his life together, it was well worth the gamble based on raw ability he showed over the years." - Wayne Krivsky

"You watch him track down a ball, you watch him throw a guy out at third. Then he hits a ball down the line and gets a triple, and it's like, 'The guy can run too?'" - Greg Smith