People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.
I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.
I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.
Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.
I've always played hard. If that's rough and tough, I can't help it. I don't believe there's any such thing as a good loser. I wouldn't sit down and play a game of cards with you right now withing wanting to win. If I hadn't felt that way I wouldn't have got very far in baseball.
To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.
The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often.
Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.
When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.
The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.
I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.
I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.
I stare out the window and wait for spring.
The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.
I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.
Now the advantage is all with the hitters.
I've never been a yes man.
