I thought he had been shot.

There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.

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

I no longer have it (desire to play).

You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you're down.

I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.

Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn't. My number was up.