All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.

God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.

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

It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine... People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did.. Besides, I am a U.S. Marine and I'll be one till I die.

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

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.

No one can ever see the ball hit the bat because it's physically impossible to focus your eyes that way. However, when I hit the ball especially hard, I could smell the leather start to burn as it struck the wooden bat.