Yesterday's Home Runs Don't Win Today's Games.

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.

I Thank Heaven We Have Had Baseball In This World... The Kids... Our National Pastime.

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

A Man Ought To Get All He Can Earn. A Man Who Knows He's Making Money For Other People Ought To Get Some Of The Profit He Brings In. Don't Make Any Difference If It's Baseball Or A Bank Or A Vaudeville Show. It's Business, I Tell You. There Ain't No Sentiment To It. Forget That Stuff.

After All, There's Only One Aswer To Be Made To The Young Fellow Who Is Asking Constantly For Advice As To How To Hit. The Answer Is: "pick Out A Good One And Sock It!