I'm a musician. I play harmonica for relaxation. A good way to relax and entertain people. An excellent way to have fun.

I'm a musician. I play harmonica for relaxation. A good way to relax and entertain people. An excellent way to have fun.

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.

It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.