“Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.”
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Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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