He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact.

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.'

When I came over here (the National League), I always heard it was a stronger league, with amphetamines all over the clubhouse, but all I found was Michelob Dry.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.

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

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss.