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

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.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

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.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

I've got to be first. ALL the time.

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