A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
I never could stand losing. Second place didn’t interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.
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.
The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.
The most important part of a player’s body is above his shoulders.
I’m coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.