I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.
You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because then if you don't get well, you die.
If I was crazy, I'd throw the ball into the stands with the bases loaded. Now, that's crazy. If I was stupid, I'd throw the ball into center field with the bases loaded and a 3-2 count on the hitter. Now, that's stupid.
You can sum up the game of baseball in one word: 'You never know.'Collection: Baseball
There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know.Collection: America
That's why I don't talk. Because I talk too much.Collection: Sports
How can I play baseball if I'm stupid? If I was stupid I wouldn't have pitched in the World Series. I'd be playing ball in Mexico or Yugoslavia or on Pluto.Collection: Baseball
There are three-hundred thousand sportswriters and they're all against me. Every one of them.Collection: Three