And Ozzie Smith would never have been in the Hall of Fame either without all the outstanding plays he had to make behind me.

I'm not shy about this at all. You've got to have a claim to fame.

I said at the beginning of the season, I hope they implode the stadium before somebody does (pitch a no-hitter),

For a lot of statistics, you look at longevity. If John Tudor or Joaquin (Andujar) had been able to play here for 14 1/2 years like I did, they would have been better than me.

In the big picture, there was nobody better than Bob Gibson,

I gave a lot of guys a really good shove into the Hall,