If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have done.

In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about Stan Musial, Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.

The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.

Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball.