“The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.”

“Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.”

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”

“Failure is a part of success.”