Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship - and played a big part in that, too, l….

Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more t….

Between me and my roommate, we've hit 400 Major League home runs..

My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player..

I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade..

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?.

We were on for six years. We were in syndication for a while. It had its run. I still see the people from 'Mr. Belvedere,' too. We stay in touch..

You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year...unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time..

I was acting when I was playing baseball..

I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end..

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the h….

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes..

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh..

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out..

I had slumps that lasted into the winter..

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy..

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up..

The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked….

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. J….

People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using a….

I had a .200 lifetime batting average in the major leagues, which tied me with another sports great averaging 200 or better for a ten-year period: Do….