Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

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

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

Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.

If you want to hit home runs, you've go to swing a lot.

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me - all this I owe to the game of baseball.