I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

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

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth - that means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.