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

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

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

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.

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

I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.