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

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),

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

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.

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