"I'm going to sit back, light up, and hope I don't chew the cigarette to pieces."

"As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day."

"It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it."

"I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road."

"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination."

"You can almost taste the pressure now."

"Losing feels worse than winning feels good."