I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression.

The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.

Amazing strength, amazing power - he (Ron Swoboda) can grind the dust out of the bat. He will be great, super even wonderful. Now, if he can only learn to catch a fly ball.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two.

Don't cut off your nose yourself.