Fearless that 2nd quote was from Bob Ueker and it's in his book and I forget the pitcher but I don't think it was Gibson.Euker stated guys would get so mad when they didn't get to play but not him - he figured the less he played the longer he stayed in the Majors.
"You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team."
"Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat."
"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes."
"Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend."