"We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding."

"My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day."

"You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair."

"We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to."

"Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels."

"When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running."