I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end.

The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me.