When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6" apart.

When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches.

That pitch wasn't down and in, that pitch was down and up.

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs.

If somebody told me back in 1980 that I would have a 32-year career, and that I'd be [elected into the Hall of Fame], I'd say no way. For three years, I couldn't even break into the Phillies broadcast booth. I was just hoping to make it, much less be mentioned as a Ford Frick winner. Believe me, when I started out, this award wasn't even close to being on the radar.

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!