I Was Only A Gun Captain On

You Can Talk About Teamwork On A Baseball Team, But I'll Tell You, It Takes Teamwork When You Have 2,900 Men Stationed On The U.s.s. Alabama In The South Pacific.

Baseball In The Navy Always Was Much More Fun Than It Had Been In The Major Leagues.

Nobody Lives Forever And I've Had A Blessed Life.

My Father Kept Me Busy From Dawn To Dusk When I Was A Kid. When I Wasn't Pitching Hay, Hauling Corn Or Running A Tractor, I Was Heaving A Baseball Into His Mitt Behind The Barn... If All The Parents In The Country Followed His Rule, Juvenile Delinquency Would Be Cut In Half In A Year's Time.

Where The Ball Went Was Up To Heaven. Sometimes I Threw The Ball Clean Up Into The Stands.