If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

Pitch within yourself.

It's (baseball) on the radio and in the newspapers every day, the only game you can follow on that basis. From whatever arm's length you choose, it's always there.

Lou Brock, along with Maury Wills, are probably the two players most responsible for the biggest change in the game over the last fifteen years - the stolen base.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

My job isn't to strike guys out, it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.