I Can't Say, ‘Don't Do It'  Howard Bryant discusses the
competitive environment of baseball  54 seconds  "It's always
been an age old question about how much the player how much
responsibility the player has; if kids are going to wear jerseys
with the ball player's name on it, then there is some sort of
responsibility there. That kids are looking at you in a way that
they don't look at other famous people. Parents are looking at
you in a way that they aren't looking at other famous people.
And, and that connection is the heart of the sport. And most
players don't want to face that because it conflicts with the
reality of their business. They are in a competitive environment
and that competitive environment, no one's giving you any gold
stars for virtuosity. Your job is to perform and when you
perform that's how you survive. It's a business; it's an
economic situation; it is all about surviving as a player. And
there's really no getting around that."