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

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

Spahn and Sain and pray for rain.

Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.

[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.

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

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