I'm just content with myself, happy with myself.
(Bill) Terry, you can ask for more money in the winter and do less in the summer than any ballplayer I know.
One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.
I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.
You think the greatest thing in the whole world would be to become a baseball player - if best things already happened, what's next?
The main idea is to win.
The main thing is to win.
If you can't smile and have fun, you're in trouble. So if somebody in the stands says hello, I'm going to say hello back. Why shouldn't I? I know what I'm doing in this game. I'm still going to be ready to hit when I step in the box.
Reading will put you into the minds and hearts of others. It might help you understand why other people do what they do sometimes.
The main thing is, believe in yourself. Reach out and go after it.
In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one.