The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

I never realized that batting a little ball around could cause so much commotion. I now know how (Charles) Lindbergh must have felt when he returned from St. Louis.

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.