When a hitter like Pete LaCock hits a grand slam off you, it’s time to — Bob Gibson

"I’m proud of that fact that whatever I did, I did it my way."

"In a world filled with hate, prejudice and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice and protest. I hate phonies. I am prejudiced against all those who have contempt for me because my face is black and all those who accept me only because of my ability to throw a baseball. I am not proud of that ability. It is not something I earned or acquired or bought. It is a gift."

"People make it sound like it was easy, like all I had to do was stare at a hitter or throw inside and they’d wilt. It wasn’t like that. It wasn’t easy. There wasn’t anything easy about it."

"Ive played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasnt beaten me yet. Ive always had to win. Ive got to win."

"Is that all I did?...Hit batters? Is that really all they remember?...I wasn’t trying to intimidate anybody — are you kidding me? I was just trying to survive, man."

"Robert, the scales must be balanced no matter how long it takes."