Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.