“Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.”

“I couldn't quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.”

“I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.”

“The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.”

“The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play. ”

“When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.”

“You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.”