Reading Isn't Good For A Ballplayer. Not

Life Is A Game Like Any Other; We Just Don't Take It As Seriously.

The Curve And The Fast One Are Important; The Change Of Pace And The Other Trick Deliveries Are Great But They're Not Worth A Plugged Nickel Unless You Have Control To Go Along With Them. And By Control I Don't Mean The Ability To Put The Ball Over The Plate Somewhere Between The Shoulders And Knees. I Mean The Ability To Hit A Three-inch Target Nine Times Out Of Ten, The Sort Of Control That Lets You Put The Ball In The Exact Spot You Want It, And To Play A Corner To The Split Fraction Of An Inch.

To My Sick Little Pal. I Will Try To Knock You Another Homer, Maybe Two Today.

I Copied (shoeless Joe) Jackson's Style Because I Thought He Was The Greatest Hitter I Had Ever Seen, The Greatest Natural Hitter I Ever Saw. He's The Guy Who Made Me A Hitter.

How To Hit Home Runs: I Swing As Hard As I Can, And I Try To Swing Right Through The Ball... The Harder You Grip The Bat, The More You Can Swing It Through The Ball, And The Farther The Ball Will Go. I Swing Big, With Everything I've Got. I Hit Big Or I Miss Big. I Like To Live As Big As I Can.