He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.

I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.