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

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

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

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

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.

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.

If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.

Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.