Ryan Braun, in his first public comments since testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, said Saturday night that "everything I have done in my career has been done with respect and appreciation for the game of baseball." He never directly addressed the allegations against him, but it was clear Braun's remarks were pointed at the legal battle he is currently involved in. "You know, sometimes in life, we all deal with challenges we never expected to endure," Braun said, while accepting his award at the annual dinner of the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. "We have an opportunity to look at those challenges and view them either as obstacles or as opportunities, and I've chosen to view every challenge I've ever faced as an opportunity and this will be no different. I have always believed that a person's character is revealed through the way they deal with those moments of adversity."