If you had a son, it would be a great thing to have him grow up to be just like Gil Hodges.

If you had a son, it would be a great thing to have him grow up to be just like Gil Hodges.

I didn't want to play there when I first found out I was sold to Brooklyn, but I'm tickled to death. I'm glad I could play in Brooklyn.

Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that.

Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were.

If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.