There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have done.

Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.