I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.

When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

The more we yield to pressure, the more easily we will yield next time.

...and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.

We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.

Steel is prince or pauper.

A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have to have all that together.

The beauty of America is people can do what they like.

I can't stand rap....people who can't sing do rap....you can sing rebellion as well as talk it....Hitler would have been in a rap band.

what could i do to make the one i loved love me back ?

People read fiction for emotion-not information

Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season.