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.

A man ought to get all he can earn. A man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of the profit he brings in. Don't make any difference if it's baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. It's business, I tell you. There ain't no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.

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

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.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

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