I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.

I played for nine different teams throughout my 22-year major league career and I loved every moment of every team.

I'd like to be remembered for the way I went about doing my job.

Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.

I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.

When I played, Old-Timers Day was my favorite day of the whole season, because I got to share a locker with one of the great Yankees... It was an out-of-body experience.

The game of baseball is a game of failure because it's so difficult to play. A 300 hitter, a superstar fails seven out of ten times at the plate. So what does that tell you about the game and its difficulty?