Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.

I was in the game for love. After all, where else can an old-timer with one leg, who can't hear or see, live like a king while doing the only thing I wanted to do?

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

Three strikes, you're out. I don't care if you hire Edward Bennett Williams to defend you; three strikes, you're still out. Baseball is an island of stability in an unstable world.

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.