If your child's gonna be a star it's going to happen and just let it happen.

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.

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.

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?

In my opinion, the best setup guys now have a tougher job than the closers. They pitch more innings, inherit more runners.

Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black.