Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.
Spring Training is a fun time for me.
I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
One winter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want anything other than the house we live in. We don't want anything from you. Just leave.' And he left.