Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.

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My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is...

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is...

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's...

I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's...

Never bet on baseball.

Never bet on baseball.

The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has...

The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has...

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand...

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand...

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand...

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand...

There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would...

There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would...

When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the...

When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the...

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

See the ball; hit the ball.

See the ball; hit the ball.

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I...

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I...

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you...

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you...

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always...

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always...