We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from my dad.

If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve.

What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio.

On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.

We won (the pennant) because we've got a superior ball club. Not many stars perhaps, but the kind of team that always plays well together.

(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week.

Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work.