A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.
Anybody`s best pitch is the one the batters ain`t hitting that day.
If you`ve ever been around a group of actors, you`ve noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It`s exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.
A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.
A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
I owe everything I have to them when I`m out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.