I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.

Breaks like a ball falling off a pool table.

If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.

And luck? I've always said about Dizzy Dean that if the roof fell in and Diz was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried in the debris and a gumdrop would drop into his mouth.

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.