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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.
Fans don't boo nobodies.
Fans don't boo nobodies.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
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.
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this read more
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.
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.
They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win read more
They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ballgames.
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.