Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

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.

I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.

I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.

When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

I've never been a yes man.

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.