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

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

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

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.