When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

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.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

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.

I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

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.