Catfish Hunter quotes:

I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is.

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is.

If I had done everything I was supposed to, I'd be leading the league in homers, have the highest batting average, have given $100,000 to the Cancer Fund and be married to Marie Osmond.

The difference between God and Reggie Jackson is that God doesn't think he's Reggie Jackson.

He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.

The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time.

The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.

On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said, 'When you were six you ran away from home, and when your parents found you at a nearby lake, you had already caught two catfish and were pulling in a third. Now repeat it back to me.'

The thing about Reggie (Jackson) is that you know he's going to produce. And if he doesn't, he's going to talk enough to make people think he's going to produce.

They don't know who I was or that I played baseball.

This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.