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

Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

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

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.

What the hell difference does it make?

"I'm going over the valley." (Dying from throat cancer, his doctor found him wandering around his room, asked him where was he going?)