Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.

Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.

I copied (Shoeless Joe) Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter.

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.

I said I'm going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.