“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.”
“In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I’d make one a week and finally I’d pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I’m trying to keep it down to one a season.”
“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.”
“There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.”
“The ballplayer who loses his head, who can’t keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.”
“I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”
