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.

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

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

I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

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

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.