Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy.

He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact.

Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.

They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses.

It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough.

It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made.

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.