The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.