To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.

I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.