"Winning is a habit."

"As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it."

"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?"

"Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill."

"I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up."

"I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules."

"In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you."

"Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death."

"You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it."

"God watches over drunks and third baseman."

"If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired."

"How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters."

"I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes."

"You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain."