Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games.

You don't have to win to be a winner. If you give 100 percent, getting yourself mentally and physically prepared to play the game, if you look in the mirror and can say you give it everything to win, that's it. You're not going to win every time.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.

My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac.

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.

Not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field.

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it.