Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).

I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.

It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?

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

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'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the Iron Curtain how to tote a bat and play baseball.

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