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DISPATCHES | Issue: "Rockwell's resurgence" November 24, 2001

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The amount of money they were going to pay me and not knowing how I was going to perform ... that made it easy for me.

Retiring St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire, to St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Rick Hummel commenting on his responsibility to step aside, rather than accept $15 million more for another season of injury-addled, mediocre play. Mr. McGwire said that money is better spent elsewhere: "Maybe they can get a young stud hitter or use the money to get a closer, which they really need, and I'll be rooting for them." Big Mac's retirement comes after San Francisco Giants superstar Barry Bonds bested Mr. McGwire's single-season record of 70 home runs.

Being a father, a husband, being a son is a position he will have for the rest of his life.

John Cason, on his son, boxer Hasim Rahman. Mr. Rahman, 29, has pledged to retire from boxing by the age of 31. "I really think I can go to school, get a college degree," he said. "I have some business ventures going on. I'll turn myself into a successful businessman."

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