I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.
Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.
Let me show you how it's done... Loser!
I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
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.