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

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.

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.

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.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.