If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.

I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.

All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived."

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.