Heck, if anybody told me I was setting a record (strikeouts in a game on July 30, 1933) I'd of got me some more strikeouts.
I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.
Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got.
Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating.
Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.
The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a changeup and I did pretty good.
All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.
I'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the Iron Curtain how to tote a bat and play baseball.
Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!
