Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off read more

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

When I played ball, I didn't play for fun... It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's read more

When I played ball, I didn't play for fun... It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.

The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.

The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.

When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as read more

When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of a summer afternoon on a riverbank we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major-league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.

It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf read more

It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.