Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.

The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often.

I've always played hard. If that's rough and tough, I can't help it. I don't believe there's any such thing as a good loser. I wouldn't sit down and play a game of cards with you right now withing wanting to win. If I hadn't felt that way I wouldn't have got very far in baseball.

Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.

Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.

I've never been a yes man.

The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.