Manuel Corpas is long and lean-the opposite of Olmedo Saenz.

How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away.

That is the way this game is -- you win, you lose, you celebrate and you suffer.

I've always felt that I was talking to one person. But I've never envisioned who that one person is.

And also it's an ever-gathering process. If I pick up the Sporting News or some sports publication and there's an article on somebody and I think I might see that player, I will tear it out and put it in a file, and I have a looseleaf book so when we're going to play that particular team I take out all these clippings and things I pulled out, I go through them, highlight them, put them in the book.

He (Bob Gibson) pitches as though he's double-parked.

I don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.