I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.
The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.