"Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball." Source: Me and the Spitter (Gaylord Perry)

"Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball, that's all I throw him (Rod Carew), and he still hits them. He's the only player in baseball who consistently hits my grease. He sees the ball so well, I guess he can pick out the dry side." Source: Newsweek (July 11, 1977)

"I'd always have it (grease( in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional." Source: Me and the Spitter (Gaylord Perry)

"I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping."

"I've got a kid six years old. He likes sports, but I definitely won't let him pitch. There would be too many things against him." Source: Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (March 10, 1974)

"Primarily, every rule change over the past ten years has been against the pitchers - lowering the mound and the designated hitter."

"The league will be a little drier (his retirement as it relates to his greaseball) now folks."

"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Source: Christian Science Monitor (September 9, 1978)

"Wait until Tommy (Lasorda) meets the Lord and finds out that He's wearing pinstripes."

"Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now." - Jerry Coleman

"He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque." - Gene Mauch

"Ten Most Unattractive Exhibits at Cooperstown - 1968 photo showing how Gaylord Perry got his nickname." - David Letterman

"When you walk by, he (Gaylord Perry) smells like a drugstore." - Billy Martin

Quotes From & About Gaylord Perry