Some people die twice: once when they retire, and again when they actually pass away. Fear of the first one is a big incentive for me to keep working.
Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
I’ve always felt that I was talking to one person. But I’ve never envisioned who that one person is.
I don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
It’s a mere moment in a man’s life between an All-Star game and an old-timer’s game.
If you have a sombrero, throw it to the sky!
Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren’t we all?
How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away.
When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.
I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate – and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life – is the loneliness on the road.
It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
I love baseball and I don’t want to be part of anything that would cheapen it or vulgarize it.
It’s a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.
Manuel Corpas is long and lean-the opposite of Olmedo Saenz.
I have to go over my carefully prepared ad-libs.
I would say realistically, and I don’t want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year.
I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things.
The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.
The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.