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

The main idea is to win.

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

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

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

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