Thank You

Adam Wainwright pens a thank you letter to the St. Louis Cardinals: “You were there with me every pitch.”

Josh Bailey bids farewell to New York Islanders fans: “I want to thank not just this great fan base, but the people of Long Island as a whole.”

This one goes out to the Washington Wizards from Bradley Beal: "You spend over a decade somewhere, and that place becomes more than just the team you play for. It becomes a part of you."

Sergio Romo says thank you to the San Francisco Giants: “This place means so much to me, in so many different ways. And it represents a lot of things I’ve never taken for granted about my baseball journey.”

Taylor Heinicke says thank you to Washington Commanders fans: “I felt like it wouldn’t be right to leave without telling you all how much you’ve meant to me.”

Harrison Bader says goodbye to the St. Louis Cardinals: “The support I felt from the fans in St. Louis, it always meant the world to me.” 

Matt Carpenter says goodbye to the St. Louis Cardinals: “No matter where we go next, St. Louis is and always will be home.”

I’ll be back as a Ranger, but I’ll always be from Cleveland.

That next chapter begins now. After nine seasons, I’m retiring from professional football.

Looking back, I’m proud of how my career has gone. I don’t shy away from the journeyman label. I embrace it, full force.

Bro. That’s all he said. Bro. There’s a lot of things my brother might text me, and it’s like I already know what level of text it is...

Before I move on to this next chapter of my career, I want to say thank you to some of the people who have helped to make this last chapter so special.

'When it’s come to these last 14 years of mine -nothing has ever been easy for long, and nothing has ever been perfect for long.

I’m ready to admit that I’m okay with giving up the identity of “Julius the football player.” I’m O.K. with not being recognized as an NFL athlete — because I’m

I'm back home, Chicago. But I never really left. I’m just excited to be with y'all again.

I won’t try to define who I’ve become, over these last 17 years, in a single letter ... I can say this for sure: I have the Spurs and I have San Antonio to than

It’s the reason why I wanted to write this letter: my real, honest, still-there love for the New York Islanders hockey franchise. And my not wanting to leave.

Being a Maple Leaf is all I’ve ever known. So before I leave, I just wanted to say thank you.

I’m proud of everything I accomplished during my five years in Seattle, and I’m proud that I got to do it all in front of the best fans in the world.

Before I take the field tonight, wearing another team’s jersey — it just feels like there’s one thing left that I have to do.

It’s so much more than just the players who put on that uniform and the coaches on the sidelines — Carolina fans are a Carolina family.

To me, Michigan will always be this place where, if you work hard enough, and you work together enough — you can become your best self.

I’m going to miss being a Patriot. I learned a lot about life over the last seven years,and I also learned a lot about winning mostly, that it’s not everything

Today, I’m a man who understands how much you can offer the world if you give a little of yourself. Arizona did that.