When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

No man in the history of baseball had as much power as . No man.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

How does a man know when he's taking the last steps of his life?

I never want to quit playing ball, They'll have to cut this uniform off me to get me out of it

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?

I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!

It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.