The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.

As far as he knew, I was dying.

It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to let people know how important it is to become an organ donor.

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.

Thank God for baseball.

He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.