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.

That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied.

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

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.

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

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.