When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity.

Misconception Number 1, the public always thought, 'Reggie has a massive ego; he's narcissistic, he's cocky, he needs everyone to look at him all the time,' because that's what the media told them. Wrong. I could handle the attention. I didn't let the attention affect my performance. But I never needed the attention.

I thought I was better than him last year, really. The players on the team thought so too, but he was a good back, and I looked up to him.

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

I got to be very close to Gene as a player and after I retired, ... I think I probably stayed in closer contact with him than most.

The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.