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

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

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

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

I've never been a yes man.

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