When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.

I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

I worked real hard to learn to play first. In the beginning, I used to make one terrible play a game. Then, I got so I'd make one a week, and finally, I'd pull a real bad one maybe once a month. At the end, I was trying to keep it down to one a season.

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.