I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

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

Life is one big transition.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.