When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.

Language and accents govern so much of how people think about other people.

I became a chameleon. My color didn't change. But I could change your perception of my color.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.

The ballplayer who loses his head, and who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

I might have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.

I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

I love to win, but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.

I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.