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.

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

Never surrender opportunity to security.

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

Leo Durocher is a man with an infinite capacity for making a bad thing worse.

Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.