The future is much like the present, only longer.

They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.

It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made.