Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.

Let me show you how it's done... Loser!