The boy's (Hack Wilson) got talent and desire, but he ain't got no neck.

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

You think the greatest thing in the whole world would be to become a baseball player - if best things already happened, what's next?

Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.

The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.

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

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.