I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.

Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating.

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.

If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.

I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.