It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.

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.

I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

I love to win, but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

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