We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
I love September, especially when we're in it.
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
