he says. ''It was one of those ponds that are stocked with fish. He told me not to bring any live bait. I got there and he was already waiting for me. He said, 'What's in the cooler?' and I said, 'I brought a couple of beers.' He said, 'No beer on this boat,' and I said, 'No fishing for me on this boat. See ya.' |
[It was overcast and chilly on that Wednesday afternoon, and the temperamental Williams was in a cantankerous mood as he chased away panting writers and photographers before the game. After one cameraman tried to snap him in the clubhouse, Ed Linn wrote in his 1993 biography,] Hitter, ... Get one like this! |
A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes |
All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth. |
Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game. |
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. |
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. |
Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is! |
By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it. |
Could you really imagine Tiger racing a stock car?. |
DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country. |
Every year we've gone out (to California), it's just a battle to score runs. We practice in the morning for a couple hours, play a game and then if we need to, practice again. It's like two-a-days for football. When we come back, we should know what we're going to do. |
Goals that are not written down are just wishes. |
God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own. |
Golf is the only sport where the ball doesn't move until you hit it. |