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.

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.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

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.

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.

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.

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night read more

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.