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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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