Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.

They've got great quickness; they're a little bit undersized for their position, but they utilize their speed, ... We've got other guys inside that have ended up rushing well for us so that teams can't overload on them.

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.