In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

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

The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.

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.

One small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

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

Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds.