I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.

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.

I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once.

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.

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

Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I think that's a much greater acheivement.

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.