Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

See the ball; hit the ball.

Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.