Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure. |
See the ball; hit the ball. |
Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper. |
Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone. |
Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose. |
Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose. |
Sure I do, and if someone paid you six-thousand dollars a game, you'd have fun as well. |
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game. |
The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses. |
The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses. |
The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant. |
There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. |
They know and you know and I know that if there's another strike, the people will come back. They always have and they always will. |
This is a tragedy. Anyone who knows this young man knows he is a very, very fine young man. The use of this stuff is common. It's used as a sleep aid by many people in sports. |
When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the most hits. I'm also the player with the most at bats and the most outs. I never said I was a greater player than Cobb. |