The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.

I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.

I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?

I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.

I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.

I said I'm going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.