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

The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go.

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

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

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.

You're going to be a great player, kid.