The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

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

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.

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

Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.