What made me sign with the Cardinals? Because they used salesmanship, the personal touch.

I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.

There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing.

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals.

I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to scrape them. Some years later when I started getting older, I used to start with a 33 and in the summer it got down to 31 and then probably in September got down to 30.