“Get your work in, do what you need do, and get back up top. I'm a litt...” — Ryan Howard Quote

Get your work in, do what you need do, and get back up top. I'm a little bit behind the curve as far as not really having a spring training, so you're trying to get your work in, trying to work on things, and at the same time, you're also going out there trying to be competitive.

Other than playing the game I love, my passion is investing in innovative companies and helping the entrepreneurs behind them succeed.

Once you leave the minor leagues, you want to not come back. But it's the path that I'm on, the journey that I'm on.

People get it twisted. They see the baseball stuff, and they don't see you as a human being. They see you as someone that just plays baseball.

Love makes me vulnerable. In business I'm tough on myself - I'm like a drill sergeant. If I'm down, I'm used to getting right back up, but when it comes to love, your heart can't do that.

My dad owns his own towing business, and my dad used to tow Hulk Hogan's cars back and forth from Clearwater to different shops and stuff. And they had a relationship where when the cars would get done getting fixed, he'd pick it back up and take it back to Hulk Hogan's house.

I've fell down many times, but I got back up after each fall and kept on working. I could be a good role model for the children.

In the coming year, I believe we can make sure America lives up to its legacy as a land of opportunity if the President is willing to back up his rhetoric with substance.