What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that ain't so.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.

Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.