What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.

[On Willie Mays] He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out.

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.