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I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.

The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.

And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at release.

Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.

It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.