The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.

When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.

Every man in the game, from the minors on up, is not only fighting against the other side, but he's trying to hold onto his own job against those on his own bench who'd love to take it away. Why deny this? Why minimize it? Why not boldly admit it?

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.