“Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.”

If I’ve got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.

I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.

The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.

Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.

While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.

I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.

We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.

I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.