“Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?”

Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.

I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.

Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.

Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

Paris ain’t much of a town.

Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

It’s hard to beat somebody when they don’t give up.

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around 600.

Don’t be afraid to take advice. There’s always something new to learn.

Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.

(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you.

Wealth is always attracted, never pursued.

The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.

You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.

The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.

The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.

I could not stop for death and he did not stop for me.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

We all make decisions. But in the end, our decisions make us.

The whole fruit is already present in the seed.

Learn how to learn, then learn what to learn.