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

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.

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.

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.

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.

Life is one big transition.

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.