If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.

If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I'd have to say, 'George, you and I are about to become partners.'

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.

I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.