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

The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.

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

All the bullets and all the bombs that explode all over the world won't leave the impact, when all is said and done, of a dollar bill dropped in the Jimmy Fund pot by a warm heart and a willing hand. You should be proud and happy to know that your contribution will someday help some kid to a better life.

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.