Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did.

I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career.

For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.

Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.