I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.

I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto.

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.

God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love.

If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor.