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

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.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good as they always have been or just as bad.

I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

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