I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.

I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean?

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.

I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.