“He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.”

One reason outfielders don’t have stronger arms might be they don’t practice as much as we did.

The most relaxing thing i do, hang halfway out a 3rd floor window, and look at rocks if i fall out.

This time you’ve dug yourself an anchor too heavy to move ahead with.

I’ll never forget that first night with the team. Going to the ballpark on the bus was the hardest 30 minutes of my life.

I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown.

I see the other players dressing different every day. I’ve got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I’m really embarrassed.

Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got.

I had to walk down that aisle between all the players. I really didn’t know too much about the Detroit Tigers at that time.

I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too.

Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now – basketball, football, soccer – for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.

You’ve got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you’re able to complete it and do it the right way.

Well maybe i’ll fall hard, something tough to break me, something sharp to rip into my insides and bleed out all that pain.

All of a sudden I’m in the major leagues and we’re traveling from town to town.

As the days went on, I didn’t mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them.

Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions.

Look at how goddamn ugly the stars are.

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.

The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.

It’s actually safe to create a universe in your basement.

Regulation – which is based on force and fear – undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe a building inspector than to meet his standards of construction. Protection of the consumer by regulation is thus illusory.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

All change requires effort and sacrifice. Sometimes action plans fail because they are based on the idea that there is a ‘magic bullet’ which on its own can solve our problems.

I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.