A full mind is an empty bat. |
A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance. |
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. |
After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases. |
All I had was natural ability. |
All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon. |
Baseball is a game of inches. |
Baseball is a game of inches. |
Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms. |
Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day. |
Danny Murtaugh is a gentleman and a gentle man. Get that? A gentleman and a gentle man. |
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. |
Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love. |
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. |
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable. |