I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all those handshakes.

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.

Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win.

Those huckleberries in the National League don't want to do anything that the American League wants to do.

Hey, White, you know where your loyalties are? Right here. The old pinstripes. No! You never wore them... So you have a right to sing the blues.

I'll take any way to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy I'll go in as a batboy.

Good deeds are the highest notes in life's symphony.

Virtue of prayer, virtue of patience.

It's easy to loveBut hard to forgive

[Harper] once told a friend, "I think about strategy twenty-four hours a day, " and it was only a small exaggeration.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a big disappointment to them.

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic.