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

I don't want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. They're both great hitters, but they're batting against guys they never would have seen in previous years.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

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

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.