A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.

A pitcher is not a ballplayer.

Luck is a combination of confidence and getting the breaks.

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

I am not a veteran environmentalist. I don't live in a house made of recycled tires, I've never handcuffed myself to a tree, and I don't grow my own organic rutabaga.