Jeremy Guthrie

and care about what they're doing.

And as I went to unique parts of the world, I realized that baseball is well beyond South America and Central America and the Caribbean.

It goes well beyond Asia in these places that we really identify as baseball hotbeds.

But I could find myself in Bulgaria and players are playing every Sunday and they have been for 30 years because they love a game of baseball.

And you can find yourself in Croatia and Uganda and all these places all over the globe that love baseball because baseball is a game that teaches so much about life.

teaches uh it's a fun game and and so everything about everything you love about baseball for those who love it you know people outside of our country and outside of the baseball sphere also love it and so i wanted to be a part of that i wanted to see the joy that they have it made me love the game more so it fueled me and and i had a teammate named kevin millar and kevin was was one of my all-time favorite teammates and still one of my my favorite friends

And he said something that he lived by.

And that was every day you're in the big leagues, you have a chance to touch somebody's life.

And so he would point out to people, let's go touch that kid's life or let's go touch that dad or that mom's life.

And that meant just go over there, say hello, be pleasant, sign an autograph, take a picture with them, do something nice for their kid or for them, whatever it might be.

He says, because you throw hard, Jeremy, because I can hit the ball out of the ballpark, because, you know, because our team, we've been on good teams.

People look at us like we're heroes and we're no better than them, but they look at us like that.

And so we have the chance to go and touch somebody's life.

And I think of it that way.

Anytime you can be with someone or do something for somebody, and as it relates to baseball, it's a much easier path for me to touch someone's life because they see me as someone that's accomplished something.

So because of my God-given talent and my accomplishments,

I'm of importance to them.

And I try to remember that.

I try to remember that as much as I can.

And it's not always easy, but try to be giving.