I love to win, but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.

I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.

We were mighty short of infielders in those days

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right.

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.