By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.

I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.

It was always fun for me, I loved baseball so darn much. By the hours I practiced, you'd have to say I was working a lot of hours, but it was pretty near tireless fun for me. I'd rather swing a bat than do anything else in the world.

Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime.

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.

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.