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

A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

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

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

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

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.