You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the ball club at all.

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.

From 1973 to 1982 I ate the exact same lunch everyday . Turkey chili in a bowl made out of bread . Bread bowl George. First you eat the chili then you eat the bowl . There's nothing more satisfying than looking down after lunch and seeing nothing but a table.

If you haven't got a hernia yet, you ain't pulling your share.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.