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

Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

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.

Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

What are we out at the park for except to win?

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.