A man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of the profits he brings in. Don't make any difference if it's baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. Its business, I tell you. There ain't no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.

Yes, he's a prick, but he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit!

To my little sick pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around six hundred!

I decided to pick out the greatest hitter to watch and study, and Jackson was good enough for me.