It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It's a whole different deal. When I played, getting knocked down was an accepted part of the game.

I like happy endings.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.

Society doesn't like to deal with death, but it is a natural part of living.

By the time I got to college, the Cold War was basically over.

I had a very difficult father. I lived in a war zone. My parents were very unhappy, and I lived through my mother's pain. Throughout my childhood, I was constantly trying to protect her from my father.

Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.

I never desired to go into war zones. I never had any thought about it. It sort of just happened as part of the job.