After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else..

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater ….

Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do….

You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team..

Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I think that's a much greater acheivement..

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. ….

I remember one time I'm batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They lead, 2 - 1, it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out and the pitch….

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do ….