When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.

Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.

When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: “Don’t you feel pressure on you?” I said: “Want to know something, I’m worried about the guy who’s going to have to replace me.”

My son wasn't gay. No way.

The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.

I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army.