I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

I love September, especially when we're in it.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.

The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.