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

I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.

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.

It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough.

It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of men is measured. There's a Mennonite proverb, 'Man, like a tree, is measured best when cut down.'

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

I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw.