He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology.

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

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.

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

The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.

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

Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!