When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.