I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.