I don't break the rules. I merely test their elasticity.

When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.

I don't want the natural athlete -- I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones.

The season starts too early and finishes too late and there are too many games in between.

To give one can of beer to a thousand people is not nearly as much fun as to give 1,000 cans of beer to one guy. You give a thousand people a can of beer and each of them will drink it, smack his lips and go back to watching the game. You give 1,000 cans to one guy, and there is always the outside possibility that 50,000 people will talk about it.

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.