10.12.2004
"Baseball hasn't been on my mind since I left New York. My family is my priority. When I go back to New York, I know I have a job to do. At this moment, I think only about my family.
"I'm going to bury my cousins, and after that I go back home.
"The New York Yankees have been tremendous. Major League Baseball has been tremendous. Roger Clemens called to say he had sent flowers. I'm personally going to call everybody to thank them." [mariano rivera]
