May 10, 2006 12:06 AM EST

In his first interview since the Houston Astros joined the bidding for his services, Roger Clemens told a Houston television station Tuesday that his family was warming to the idea of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner playing another season.

"I can tell you the latest is probably the family is warming up to it again," Clemens told KRIV-TV. "Even my two little ones who did not want Dad to go out there are talking about it again, which I knew that would happen once they were seeing all my friends out there playing with Houston."

When asked if he was getting the itch to pitch again, Clemens told KRIV: "I'm not, not right now. I'm not too far away physically, but mentally I'm nowhere close."

Via MLB.com