Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.

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

Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.

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

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.