It's been a terrific life.

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

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

I think God always has the best for us.

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.

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