Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.

God watches over drunks and third baseman.

There is only one way to pitch to Musial - under the plate.

What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third.

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.