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. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

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

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

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy.

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