" Despite all the criticism that out Rodriguez is this week after its careless. And it was -- You receive. It that it. For the first time ever we welcome you to Alex Rodriguez mark at mark -- In his first public appearance since the fall out of his steroid use Rodriguez was quick to break the ice."

" I want to welcome my friends in the back. We travel together. I'm. Just like a family. That is not dysfunctional family. He didn't hesitate to acknowledge the problems in his -- now that doesn't mean I haven't made mistakes. And unless you've been in a cave. Under the ocean to last week. You know that I've made some have been so fortunate to have received so much from the game I loved so much. That I have a responsibility to get back but better to pay it forward."

" Rodriguez's three point nine million dollar contribution. Is the largest the program has ever received. It has been used to revamp an aging stadium it's -- a college baseball is fine."

" There are some incredible fields across the country and I've been to many of them. But there's not quite like this this is the gold standard. Even though A-Rod did not attend the University of Miami he's been connected to it and childhood growing up in Miami. Mark -- stadium what was our Yankee Stadium and I would hop the fans with a couple friends. And we were spent eight to ten hours here Friday Saturday and Sunday it was Rodriguez's dream to play UN. In it nearly happened the Seattle Mariners got in the way when they select me number one. And -- for me just enough money from a month to say okay. University of Miami can wait."