No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him.

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.

(Bill) Terry, you can ask for more money in the winter and do less in the summer than any ballplayer I know.

I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

If I had to pick the greatest team player in baseball today-and I have some of the greats on my own club-I would have to pick Pie Traynor.