It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day..

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructiv….

One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has it in for them when a flaw in s….

What's tough is being good every day..

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching..

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it..

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw..

I don't know what Joe (DiMaggio) wanted (in regards to being called 'the greatest living ballplayer'), but I don't have a problem, if he wanted to d….

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated..

I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue was made of who ….

In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and every….

Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout hi….

I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a lea….

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, base….

If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a g….

I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? I….

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don'….

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson..

Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do..

When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody..

I don't rate them, I just hit them..