The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.

I have to go over my carefully prepared ad-libs.

I love baseball and I don't want to be part of anything that would cheapen it or vulgarize it.

Some people die twice: once when they retire, and again when they actually pass away. Fear of the first one is a big incentive for me to keep working.

I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road.

It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.

If you have a sombrero, throw it to the sky!