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

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

I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet ole Satchel (Paige) shoots up to the plate.

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.

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

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

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