I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.

I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.

After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit.

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.