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.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That’s baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, ‘I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.’

The good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.

Anything can happen. That's the beauty of creating.