He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall.

A lot of folks that ain't saying 'ain't,' ain't eating.

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

Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got.

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

I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr. Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.

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